UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

May 9, 2014 (May 8, 2014)

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

Caesars Acquisition Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-36207   46-2672999
(State of Incorporation)  

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

One Caesars Palace Drive

Las Vegas, Nevada 89109

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(702) 407-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Overview

On May 8, 2014, Caesars Growth Properties Holdings, LLC (the “Borrower”) closed on $1.175 billion of term loans (the “Term Loan”) pursuant to a First Lien Credit Agreement among Caesars Growth Properties Parent, LLC (“Parent”), the Borrower, the lenders party thereto, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC, J.P Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. and Nomura Securities International, Inc., as Co-Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners (the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement also provides for a $150.0 million revolving credit agreement (the “Revolving Credit Facility”), which was undrawn at the closing of the Term Loan. The Borrower is a subsidiary of Caesars Growth Partners, LLC (“Caesars Growth Partners”), which is a joint venture between Caesars Acquisition Company and Caesars Entertainment Corporation.

Escrow Agreement

Pursuant to an escrow agreement, dated as of May 8, 2014, among U.S. Bank National Association, as escrow agent and securities intermediary (the “Escrow Agent”), the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (the “Escrow Agreement”), the Borrower deposited the gross proceeds of the Term Loan, together with additional amounts necessary to repay the Term Loan, if applicable, into a segregated escrow account (the “Escrow Account”) until the date that certain escrow conditions are satisfied. The escrow conditions include, among other things, the consummation by the Borrower of the previously announced acquisition of the subsidiaries of Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc. that own the assets comprising The Cromwell (f/k/a Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall & Saloon), The Quad Resort & Casino, Bally’s Las Vegas and Harrah’s New Orleans and the contribution by Caesars Growth Partners of the entity that owns the assets comprising the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino (the “Transactions”) and the receipt of all required regulatory approvals.

On May 5, 2014, the Borrower closed on the acquisition of The Cromwell (f/k/a Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall & Saloon), The Quad Resort & Casino and Bally’s Las Vegas (the “First Closing”). The purchase price of the First Closing was funded by Caesars Growth Partners with cash on hand and the proceeds of $700 million of term loans (the “First Closing Term Loans”). Upon the Escrow Release Date (as defined below), the Borrower intends to use the proceeds of the Term Loan, together with the proceeds from the offering of the 9.375% second-priority senior secured notes due 2022 (the “Notes”) of the Borrower and Caesars Growth Properties Finance, Inc., which proceeds are currently held in a separate, segregated escrow account, and cash contributed by Caesars Growth Partners, to complete the Transactions and related transactions, including the repayment in full of the First Closing Term Loans and the senior secured term loan of PHWLV, LLC.

The funds held in the Escrow Account will be released to the Borrower upon delivery by the Borrower to the Escrow Agent of an officer’s certificate certifying that, prior to or concurrently with the release of funds from the Escrow Account, the escrow release conditions have been met (the “Escrow Release Date”).

The Borrower granted to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and all lenders of the Term Loan, a first-priority security interest in the Escrow Account and all deposits therein to secure all obligations and indebtedness of the Borrower under the Credit Agreement pending disbursement.

Credit Agreement

The Term Loan matures in 2021 and the Revolving Credit Facility matures in 2019 and includes a letter of credit sub-facility. The Term Loan requires scheduled quarterly payments in amounts equal to 0.25% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan, with the balance due at maturity. As of the closing date, no borrowings were outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility, and no amounts were committed to outstanding letters of credit.


The Credit Agreement allows the Borrower to request one or more incremental term loan facilities and/or increase its commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility in an aggregate amount of up to the sum of (x) $300.0 million plus (y) such additional amount so long as, (i) in the case of loans under additional credit facilities that rank pari passu with the liens on the collateral securing the Credit Agreement, the Borrower’s senior secured leverage ratio on a pro forma basis would not exceed 4.25 to 1.00, (ii) in the case of loans under additional credit facilities that rank junior to the liens on the collateral securing the Credit Agreement, the Borrower’s total secured leverage ratio on a pro forma basis would not exceed 6.25 to 1.00 and (iii) in the case of loans under additional credit facilities that are unsecured or is indebtedness of subsidiaries that are not loan parties under the Credit Agreement, the Borrower’s interest coverage ratio on a pro forma basis would not be less than 2.00 to 1.00, in each case, subject to certain conditions and receipt of commitments by existing or additional financial institutions or institutional lenders.

All future borrowings under the Credit Agreement are subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions, including the absence of a default and the accuracy of representations and warranties.

Interest and Fees

Borrowings under the Credit Agreement bear interest at a rate equal to, at the Borrower’s option, either (a) LIBOR determined by reference to the costs of funds for Eurodollar deposits for the interest period relevant to such borrowing, adjusted for certain additional costs, subject to a floor of 1.00% in the case of term loans or (b) a base rate determined by reference to the highest of (i) the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, (ii) the prime rate as determined by the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement and (iii) the one-month adjusted LIBOR rate plus 1.00%, in each case plus an applicable margin. Such applicable margin shall be 5.25% per annum for LIBOR Loans and 4.25% per annum for base rate loans, subject to step downs with respect to the revolving loans based on the Borrower’s senior secured leverage ratio. In addition, on a quarterly basis, the Borrower is required to pay each lender under the Revolving Credit Facility a commitment fee in respect of any unused commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility, which may be subject to one or more step-down based on a leverage ratio to be agreed. The Borrower is also required to pay customary agency fees as well as letter of credit participation fees computed at a rate per annum equal to the applicable margin for LIBOR borrowings on the dollar equivalent of the daily stated amount of outstanding letters of credit, plus such letter of credit issuer’s customary documentary and processing fees and charges and a fronting fee in an amount equal to 0.125% of the daily stated amount of such letter of credit.

Mandatory and Voluntary Prepayments

The Credit Agreement requires the Borrower to prepay outstanding term loans, subject to certain exceptions, with:

 

    50% (which percentage will be reduced to 25% if the senior secured leverage ratio is greater than 3.00 to 1.00 but less than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00, and to 0% if the Borrower’s senior secured leverage ratio is less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00) of the Borrower’s annual excess cash flow to the extent such amount exceeds $5.0 million, as defined under the Credit Agreement;

 

    100% of the net cash proceeds of certain non-ordinary course asset sales or certain casualty events, in each case subject to certain exceptions and provided that the Borrower may (a) reinvest within 15 months or (b) contractually commit to reinvest those proceeds within 15 months and so reinvest such proceeds prior to the termination of such contract in assets to be used in its business, or certain other permitted investments; and

 

    100% of the net cash proceeds of any issuance or incurrence of debt, other than proceeds from debt permitted under the Credit Agreement.


Collateral and Guarantors

Upon the Escrow Release Date, the borrowings under the Credit Agreement will be guaranteed by Parent and the material, domestic wholly owned subsidiaries of the Borrower (subject to exceptions), and will be secured by a pledge of the equity interest of the Borrower directly held by Parent and substantially all of the existing and future property and assets of the Borrower and the guarantors, including a pledge of the capital stock of the wholly owned domestic subsidiaries held by the Borrower and the guarantors and 65% of the capital stock of the first-tier foreign subsidiaries held by the Borrower and the guarantors, in each case subject to exceptions. Each of Planet Hollywood, Bally’s Las Vegas, The Quad and Harrah’s New Orleans are expected to be mortgaged under the Credit Agreement. The Cromwell will not be mortgaged but the Credit Agreement is secured by an indirect pledge of the equity interests of the subsidiary of the Borrower that holds The Cromwell.

Restrictive Covenants and Other Matters

Except during a covenant suspension period as defined under the Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement requires compliance on a quarterly basis with a maximum first-priority net senior secured leverage ratio test. In addition, for purposes of determining compliance with such financial maintenance covenant for any fiscal quarter, the Borrower may exercise an equity cure by issuing certain permitted securities for cash or otherwise receiving cash contributions to the capital of the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect parent that will, upon the receipt by the Borrower of such cash, be included in the calculation of EBITDA pro forma. The equity cure right may not be exercised in more than three fiscal quarters during any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters or more than six fiscal quarters during any period of eight consecutive fiscal quarters. Under the Credit Agreement, the Borrower may also be required to meet specified leverage ratios in order to take certain actions, such as incurring certain debt or making certain acquisitions and asset sales. In addition, the Credit Agreement includes negative covenants, subject to certain exceptions, restricting or limiting the Borrower’s ability and the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to, among other things: (i) make non-ordinary course dispositions of assets; (ii) make certain mergers and acquisitions; (iii) make dividends and stock repurchases and optional redemptions (and optional prepayments) of subordinated debt; (iv) incur indebtedness; (v) make certain loans and investments; (vi) create liens; (vii) transact with affiliates; (viii) change the business of the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries; (ix) enter into sale/leaseback transactions; (x) allow limitations on negative pledges and, in the case of its restricted subsidiaries, pay dividends or make distributions; (xi) change the fiscal year and (xii) modify subordinated debt documents. The Credit Agreement also includes negative covenants with respect to Parent, which will limit Parent’s ability to undertake certain specified activities, as further detailed therein.

This foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Escrow Agreement and the Credit Agreement, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.


Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation.

The information set forth under Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are being filed herewith:

 

Exhibit
No.
   Description
10.1    Escrow Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2014, among U.S. Bank National Association, as escrow agent and securities intermediary, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
10.2    First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2014, among Caesars Growth Properties Parent, LLC (“Parent”), the Borrower, the lenders party thereto, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Administrative Agent, and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.,UBS Securities LLC, J.P Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. and Nomura Securities International, Inc., as Co-Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    CAESARS ACQUISITION COMPANY
Date: May 9, 2014     By:  

/ S / C RAIG J. A BRAHAMS

      Name:   Craig J. Abrahams
      Title:   Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

10.1    Escrow Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2014, among U.S. Bank National Association, as escrow agent and securities intermediary, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
10.2    First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2014, among Caesars Growth Properties Parent, LLC (“Parent”), the Borrower, the lenders party thereto, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Administrative Agent, and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC, J.P Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. and Nomura Securities International, Inc., as Co-Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners.

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

ESCROW AGREEMENT

ESCROW AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of May 8, 2014, among U.S. Bank National Association, as escrow agent and securities intermediary (in such capacities, the “ Escrow Agent ”), Credit Suisse AG, doing business through Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative agent and collateral agent (collectively in such capacities, the “ Administrative Agent ”) under the Credit Agreement (as defined herein), and Caesars Growth Properties Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Borrower ”). All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement.

R E C I T A L S

WHEREAS , this Agreement is being entered into in connection with the First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of May 8, 2014 (the “ Credit Agreemen t”) among Caesars Growth Properties Parent, LLC, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other parties thereto from time to time (for the avoidance of doubt, U.S. Bank National Association, whether in its capacity as Escrow Agent or Securities Intermediary, is not a party to the Credit Agreement, shall have no duties or obligations thereunder and shall not be deemed to have knowledge of its terms);

WHEREAS , pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower has requested the Lenders to extend credit in the form of Term B Loans on the date hereof, in an aggregate principal amount of $1,175.0 million;

WHEREAS , concurrently with the Borrowing of the Term B Loans on the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Borrower, will deposit with the Escrow Agent, as hereinafter provided, the proceeds of the Term B Loans, net of the Term Closing Fee and the Ticking Fee (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall equal $1,167,697,048.61), which together with the Additional Amount deposited directly by or on behalf of the Borrower (in each case, in the form of immediately available funds, Treasury Securities or Cash Equivalents or, in the case of Additional Amounts, Letters of Credit (valued at the face amount thereof)) shall equal an amount sufficient to pay when due the Escrow Prepayment Amount, assuming prepayment of the Term B Loans occurs on the Escrow Prepayment Date;

WHEREAS , such funds will be used (i) (A) upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3(a), by the Borrower for the purposes set forth in Section 3(a) or (B) to fund the Escrow Prepayment Amount and (ii) to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Co-Lead Arrangers pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, U.S. Bank National Association, whether in its capacity as Escrow Agent or Securities Intermediary, is not a party to the Credit Agreement, shall have no duties or obligations thereunder and shall not be deemed to have knowledge of its terms);

WHEREAS , as security for its obligations under the Credit Agreement, the Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, a first priority security interest in and lien on the Escrow Account and the Collateral; and

WHEREAS , the parties have entered into this Agreement in order to set forth the conditions upon which, and the manner in which, funds will be held in and disbursed from the Escrow Account and released from the security interest and lien described above.


A G R E E M E N T

NOW, THEREFORE , for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Defined Terms . In addition to any other defined terms used herein, the following terms shall constitute defined terms for purposes of this Agreement and shall have the meanings set forth below:

Additional Amount ” means an amount of cash, Treasury Securities, Cash Equivalents or Letters of Credit or any combination thereof, which will, with the gross proceeds of the Term B Loans and with the anticipated income thereon, provide cash to the Escrow Agent in an amount sufficient to pay the Escrow Prepayment Amount (which, for the avoidance of doubt, assuming a repayment date of September 8, 2014, shall equal $26,519,097.22).

Cash Equivalents ” means any investment in time deposits, demand deposits, certificates of deposit or money market deposits maturing on or before the Conditions Precedent Date, entitled to U.S. Federal deposit insurance for the full amount thereof or issued by a bank or trust company that is organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof having capital in excess of $500.0 million, so long as such investment is convertible into cash on not more than one Business Day’s notice. The Escrow Agent may purchase from or sell to itself or an Affiliate, as principal or agent, securities herein authorized.

Collateral ” see Section 6(a).

Conditions Precedent Date ” means the earlier of (x) the date on which the Borrower determines in its sole discretion that any of the Escrow Release Conditions cannot be satisfied and (y) August 31, 2014.

Escrow Account ” means the escrow account established pursuant to Section 2.

Escrow End Date ” means “Escrow End Date” as such term is defined in Section 2.11(d) of the Credit Agreement.

Escrow Funds ” see Section 2(a)(i).

Escrow Prepayment ” means the obligation of the Borrower to prepay the Term B Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(d) of the Credit Agreement.

Escrow Prepayment Amount ” means “Escrow Prepayment Amount” as such term is defined in Section 2.11(d) of the Credit Agreement.

Escrow Prepayment Date ” means a date selected by the Borrower that is no later than five (5) Business Days after the Escrow End Date.

Escrow Release Conditions ” means, collectively, the conditions set forth in Section 4.03 of the Credit Agreement.

Escrowed Property ” see Section 2(a)(ii).

Indemnified Person ” see Section 5.

 

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Letters of Credit ” means one or more irrevocable letters of credit issued by an issuing bank for the benefit of the Escrow Agent, which Letters of Credit shall provide that the face amount thereof may be drawn at any time (without further conditions) upon delivery by the Administrative Agent and the Escrow Agent of certification that the Conditions Precedent Date has occurred.

Prepayment Notice ” means a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower in the form attached hereto as Annex II , certifying as to the matters specified therein.

Release Date ” means the date when all of the conditions precedent to the release of the Escrowed Property described in Section 3(a) hereof are satisfied.

Release Request ” means a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower requesting release of the Escrow Funds in the form attached hereto as Annex I , certifying as to the matters specified therein.

Responsible Officer ” of any person means any executive officer or Financial Officer of such person and any other officer or similar official thereof responsible for the administration of the obligations of such person in respect of this Agreement.

Secured Obligations ” see Section 6(a).

Term Closing Fees ” means “Term Closing Fees” as such term is defined in Section 2.12(e) of the Credit Agreement.

Treasury Securities ” means any of the following that may be convertible into cash on not more than one Business Day’s notice: (i) debt obligations issued or guaranteed by the government of the United States of America or any agency thereof for which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged to secure payment in full at maturity and which are not redeemable at the option of the Borrower prior to maturity, (ii) repurchase agreements with respect to debt obligations referred to in clause (i) above and (iii) money market accounts that invest solely in the debt obligations referred to in clause (i) above and/or repurchase agreements referred to in clause (ii) above.

UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.

2. Escrow Account; Escrow Agent .

(a) Establishment of Escrow Account .

(i) Concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, (A) the Escrow Agent shall establish an escrow account in the name of the Administrative Agent entitled “Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch – Caesars Growth Properties Holdings, LLC Escrow Account” (the “ Escrow Account ”) at its office located at 60 Livingston Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55107, (B) the Administrative Agent at the direction of the Borrower will deposit with the Escrow Agent the proceeds of the Term B Loans, net of the Term Closing Fee and the Ticking Fee and (C) the Borrower (or Caesars Growth Partners, LLC on behalf of the Borrower) shall deposit with the Escrow Agent the Additional Amount (the amounts referred to in clauses (B) through (C) the “ Escrow Funds ”).

(ii) The Escrow Agent shall accept the Escrow Funds and shall hold such securities, funds and the proceeds thereof in the Escrow Account. All amounts so deposited, and the interest on, and dividends, distributions and other payments or proceeds in respect of, any such deposits, less any amounts released pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, shall constitute the “ Escrowed Property .” The Escrow

 

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Agent shall invest any portion of the Escrowed Property that is cash in cash, in Treasury Securities or Cash Equivalents as may be directed by the Borrower in writing from time to time. The Escrow Agent is hereby directed to hold cash in a non-interest bearing transaction account and this authorization is a permanent investment direction until the Escrow Agent is directed in writing of permissible alternate instructions. In selecting any Treasury Securities or Cash Equivalents, the Borrower shall determine that the proceeds thereof at maturity, when added to the balance of the Escrowed Property without the reinvestment thereof or sale prior to maturity, provide funds to the Escrow Agent in an amount at least equal to the Escrow Prepayment Amount on the assumed Escrow Prepayment Date. At any time prior to the Escrow Prepayment Date, the Borrower may substitute any amount of cash included in the Escrowed Property as the Additional Amount by posting Letters of Credit in an equal amount with the Escrow Agent, and the Escrow Agent shall return such amount of cash to the Borrower upon receipt of such Letters of Credit in a face amount equal to the amount being returned. All such property shall be held in the Escrow Account until disbursed in accordance with the terms hereof. The Escrow Account and all property credited thereto, including the Escrowed Property shall be under the control (within the meanings of Sections 8-106 and 9-106 of the UCC) of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

(iii) The obligation and liability of the Escrow Agent to make the payments and transfers required by this Agreement shall be limited to the Escrowed Property and any other moneys on deposit with it pursuant to this Agreement, including any interest accruing thereon. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any loss resulting from any investment made pursuant to this Agreement in compliance with the provisions hereof or from the sale of any Treasury Securities or Cash Equivalents required by the terms hereof or any shortfall in the value of the Escrowed Property that might result therefrom.

(b) Security Interest in Escrow Account and Escrow Funds . On the Closing Date, each of the Administrative Agent and the Escrow Agent shall receive an opinion of counsel with respect to the Borrower, which shall comply with Section 4.02(c) of the Credit Agreement.

(c) Escrow Agent Compensation; Expense Reimbursement .

(i) The Borrower shall pay to Escrow Agent for services to be performed by it under this Agreement in accordance with the Escrow Agent’s fee schedule attached hereto as Exhibit I . The Escrow Agent shall be paid any compensation owed to it directly by the Borrower and shall not disburse from the Escrow Account any such amounts, nor shall the Escrow Agent have any interest in the Escrow Account with respect to such amounts. The provisions of this clause (i) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and survive the resignation or removal of the Escrow Agent.

(ii) The Borrower shall reimburse the Escrow Agent upon request for all reasonable and documented expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Escrow Agent in implementing any of the provisions of this Agreement, including compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its counsel. The Escrow Agent shall be paid any such expenses owed to it directly by the Borrower and shall not disburse from the Escrow Account any such amounts, nor shall the Escrow Agent have any interest in the Escrow Account with respect to such amounts. The provisions of this clause (ii) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and survive the resignation or removal of the Escrow Agent.

(d) Substitution of Escrow Agent . The Escrow Agent may resign by giving no less than 30 Business Days’ prior written notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. Such resignation shall take effect upon the later to occur of (i) delivery of all Escrowed Property maintained by the Escrow Agent hereunder and copies of all books, records, plans and other documents in the Escrow Agent’s possession relating to such funds, or this Agreement, and, if applicable, delivery of an amendment

 

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to the Letters of Credit acknowledging the new escrow agent (with any necessary assistance for obtaining such an amendment to be provided by the Borrower), in each case to a successor escrow agent mutually approved by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (which approvals shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (ii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such successor escrow agent entering into this Agreement or any written successor agreement no less favorable to the interests of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders than this Agreement. The Escrow Agent shall thereupon be discharged of all obligations under this Agreement and shall have no further duties, obligations or responsibilities in connection herewith, except to the limited extent set forth in Section 4. If a successor escrow agent has not been appointed or has not accepted such appointment within 30 Business Days after notice of resignation is given to the Borrower, the Escrow Agent may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor escrow agent.

3. Release of Escrowed Property .

(a) If at any time on or prior to the Conditions Precedent Date, the Escrow Agent receives a Release Request, no later than 3 p.m. Eastern Time on the Business Day prior to such Release, certifying that, prior to or concurrently with the release of the Escrowed Property to the Borrower (the “ Release ”), the Escrow Release Conditions have been satisfied, the Escrow Agent will (i) release to the Administrative Agent Escrow Funds in an amount sufficient to pay all fees payable to the Agents, Co-Lead Arrangers or to any Lender on or prior to the Escrow Release Date and all other amounts due and payable pursuant to the Loan Documents or other agreements on or prior to the Escrow Release Date, including reimbursement or payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including legal fees and expenses), in each case, required to be reimbursed or paid by the Loan Parties under any Loan Document or other agreement and (ii) release the remainder of the Escrowed Property then held by it to or for the account of the Borrower, in each case in an amount and pursuant to the written direction to the Escrow Agent as set forth in the Release Request.

(b) If the Escrow End Date occurs, the Borrower shall deliver to the Escrow Agent, on such date, a Prepayment Notice, and the Escrow Agent will, on or before the Business Day prior to the Escrow Prepayment Date, release to the Administrative Agent an amount of Escrowed Property in cash equal to the Escrow Prepayment Amount specified in such notice from the Borrower. Concurrently with such release to the Administrative Agent, the Escrow Agent shall release any excess of Escrowed Property over the Escrow Prepayment Amount (as specified in the Prepayment Notice) to the Borrower.

(c) The Administrative Agent agrees to promptly execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered any instruments, documents and agreements and to promptly take all additional steps reasonably requested by the Borrower to evidence and/or confirm the release of the Collateral pursuant to the foregoing clause (a) or (b) of this Section 3, including authorizing filing of one or more UCC termination statements in such jurisdictions and filing offices as are reasonably necessary or advisable (as determined by the Borrower) in order to terminate the security interest granted herein. In connection with any release pursuant to this Section 3(c), the Borrower shall be permitted to take any action in connection therewith consistent with such release including, without limitation, the filing of UCC termination statements. If the Escrow Agent receives a Prepayment Notice, without having previously received notice under Section 3(a), this Section 3(c) shall be of no further effect and all Escrowed Property then held by the Escrow Agent shall be released in accordance with Section 3(b).

4. Limitation of Escrow Agent’s Liability; Responsibilities of Escrow Agent . The Escrow Agent’s responsibility and liability under this Agreement shall be limited as follows: (i) the Escrow Agent does not represent, warrant or guaranty to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders from time to time the performance of the Borrower; (ii) the Escrow Agent shall have no responsibility to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent or the Lenders from time to time as a consequence of performance

 

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or non-performance by the Escrow Agent hereunder, except for any gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Escrow Agent; (iii) the Borrower shall remain solely responsible for all aspects of the Borrower’s business and conduct; and (iv) the Escrow Agent shall not be obligated to supervise, inspect or inform the Borrower or any third party of any matter referred to above. In no event shall the Escrow Agent be liable (i) for relying upon any judicial or administrative order or judgment, upon any opinion of counsel or upon any certification, instruction, notice, or other writing delivered to it by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement, (ii) for acting in accordance with or relying upon any instruction, notice, demand, certificate or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person, (iii) for any consequential, punitive or special damages, (iv) for the acts or omissions of its nominees, correspondents, designees, subagents or subcustodians or (v) for an amount in excess of the value of the Escrow Account, valued as of the date of deposit.

The rights and powers granted to the Escrow Agent hereunder are being granted in order to preserve and protect the Administrative Agent’s security interest in and to the Collateral granted hereby and shall not be interpreted to, and shall not, impose any duties on the Escrow Agent in connection therewith other than those imposed under applicable law. The Escrow Agent shall exercise the same degree of care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession as it exercises toward its own similar property and shall not be held to any higher standard of care under this Agreement, nor be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or any other party.

At any time the Escrow Agent may request in writing an instruction in writing from the Borrower (other than any disbursement pursuant to Section 6(b)(iii)), and may at its own option include in such request the course of action it proposes to take and the date on which it proposes to act, regarding any matter arising in connection with its duties and obligations hereunder; provided , however , that the Escrow Agent shall state in such request that it believes in good faith that such proposed course of action is not contrary to another identified provision of this Agreement. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable to the Borrower for acting without the Borrower’s consent in accordance with such a proposal on or after the date specified therein if (i) the specified date is at least five Business Days after the Borrower receives the Escrow Agent’s request for instructions and its proposed course of action, and (ii) prior to so acting, the Escrow Agent has not received the written instructions requested from the Borrower.

At the expense of the Borrower, the Escrow Agent may act pursuant to the advice of counsel chosen by it with respect to any matter relating to this Agreement and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted in accordance with such advice, except for any such action taken or omitted in bad faith.

In the event of any ambiguity in the provisions of this Agreement with respect to any funds, securities or property deposited hereunder, or instruction, notice or certification delivered hereunder, the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to refuse to comply with any and all claims, demands or instructions with respect to such funds, securities or property, and the Escrow Agent shall not be or become liable for its failure or refusal to comply with conflicting claims, demands or instructions. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to refuse to act until either any conflicting or adverse claims or demands shall have been finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or settled by agreement between the conflicting claimants as evidenced in a writing reasonably satisfactory to the Escrow Agent, or the Escrow Agent shall have received security or an indemnity satisfactory to the Escrow Agent sufficient to save the Escrow Agent harmless from and against any and all loss, liability or expense which the Escrow Agent may incur by reason of its acting. The Escrow Agent may in addition elect in its sole option to commence an interpleader action or seek other judicial relief or orders as the Escrow Agent may deem necessary. The costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) incurred in connection with such proceedings shall be paid by, and shall be deemed an obligation of the Borrower.

 

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No provision of this Agreement shall require the Escrow Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder.

The Escrow Agent shall not incur any liability for not performing any act or fulfilling any duty, obligation or responsibility hereunder by reason of any occurrence beyond the control of the Escrow Agent (including but not limited to any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, any act of God, terrorism or war, the failure or malfunction of communication or computer systems, or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or telex or other wire or communication facility).

5. Indemnity . The Borrower shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend the Administrative Agent and the Escrow Agent and their respective directors, officers, agents, employees and controlling persons, (each, an “ Indemnified Person ”) from and against any and all claims, actions, obligations, liabilities and expenses, including reasonable defense costs, reasonable investigative fees and costs, reasonable legal fees, and claims for damages, arising from the Administrative Agent’s or the Escrow Agent’s performance or non-performance, or in connection with the Escrow Agent’s acceptance of appointment as the Escrow Agent under this Agreement, except to the extent that such liability, expense or claim is solely and directly attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any such Indemnified Person. The provisions of this Section 5 shall survive any termination, satisfaction or discharge of this Agreement as well as the resignation or removal of the Escrow Agent.

6. Grant of Security Interest; Instructions to Escrow Agent .

(a) The Borrower hereby irrevocably grants a first priority security interest in and lien on, and pledges, assigns, transfers and sets over to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, all of its respective right, title and interest in, to the extent applicable, (i) the Escrow Account, the Escrow Funds and all financial assets (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a) of the UCC) and other property now or hereafter placed or deposited in, or delivered to the Escrow Agent for placement or deposit in, the Escrow Account, including, without limitation, all funds held therein, and all Treasury Securities or Cash Equivalents held by (or otherwise maintained in the name of) the Escrow Agent pursuant to Section 2; (ii) all security entitlements (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a) of the UCC) from time to time credited to the Escrow Account; (iii) all claims and rights of whatever nature which the Borrower may now have or hereafter acquire against any third party in respect of any of the Collateral described in this Section 6 (including any claims or rights in respect of any security entitlements credited to an account of the Escrow Agent maintained at The Depository Trust Company or any other clearing corporation) or any other securities intermediary (as such terms are defined in Section 8-102(a) of the UCC); (iv) all rights which the Borrower has under this Agreement and all rights it may now have or hereafter acquire against the Escrow Agent in respect of its holding and managing all or any part of the Collateral; and (v) all proceeds (as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a) of the UCC) of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “ Collateral ”), in order to secure all obligations and indebtedness of the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and any other obligation, now or hereafter arising, of every kind and nature, owed by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (collectively, the “ Secured Obligations ”). The Escrow Agent hereby acknowledges the Administrative Agent’s security interest and lien as set forth above. The Borrower shall take all actions and shall direct the Administrative Agent in writing to take all actions necessary on its part to insure the continuance of a perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent in order to secure all Secured Obligations. The Borrower shall not grant or cause or permit any other person to obtain a security interest, encumbrance, lien or other claim, direct or indirect, in the Borrower’s right, title or interest in the Escrow Account or any Collateral.

 

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(b) The Borrower and the Administrative Agent hereby irrevocably instruct the Escrow Agent to, and the Escrow Agent shall:

(i) maintain the Escrow Account for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Administrative Agent on its own behalf and on behalf of the Lenders to the extent specifically required herein; treat all property in the Escrow Account as financial assets (as defined in Section 8-102(a) of the UCC); take all steps reasonably specified in writing by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 6 to cause the Administrative Agent to enjoy continuous perfected first priority security interest under the UCC, any other applicable statutory or case law or regulation of the State of New York and any applicable law or regulation of the United States in the Collateral and except as otherwise required by law, maintain the Collateral free and clear of all liens, security interests, safekeeping or other charges, demands and claims of any nature now or hereafter existing in favor of anyone other than the Administrative Agent;

(ii) promptly notify the Administrative Agent if a Responsible Officer of the Escrow Agent receives written notice that any Person other than the Administrative Agent has or purports to have a lien or security interest upon any portion of the Collateral; and

(iii) in addition to disbursing amounts held in escrow pursuant to and in accordance with Section 3, upon receipt of written notice from the Administrative Agent of the acceleration of the maturity of the Loans and direction from the Administrative Agent to disburse the Escrow Funds to the Administrative Agent, as promptly as practicable, disburse all funds and other Collateral held in the Escrow Account to or as directed by the Administrative Agent and, to the extent permissible by applicable law, transfer title to all Cash Equivalents held by the Escrow Agent hereunder to or as directed by the Administrative Agent. In addition, upon an Event of Default and for so long as such Event of Default continues, the Administrative Agent may, and the Escrow Agent shall on behalf of the Administrative Agent when instructed by the Administrative Agent, exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC or other applicable law.

The lien and security interest provided for in this Section 6 shall automatically terminate and cease as to, and shall not extend or apply to, and the Administrative Agent and the Escrow Agent shall have no security interest in, any funds disbursed by the Escrow Agent to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement to the extent not inconsistent with the terms hereof. The Escrow Agent shall not have any right to receive compensation from the Administrative Agent and shall have no authority to obligate the Administrative Agent or to compromise or pledge its security interest hereunder. Accordingly, the Escrow Agent is hereby directed to cooperate with the Administrative Agent in the exercise of its rights in the Collateral provided for herein.

(c) Any money collected by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6(b)(iii) shall be applied by the Administrative Agent as follows:

FIRST, to the payment of all fees and reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document or any of the Secured Obligations, including all court costs and the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document on behalf of the Borrower and any other reasonable costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document;

 

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SECOND, to the payment in full of the Secured Obligations secured by the Collateral (the amounts so applied to be distributed among the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pro rata based on the respective amounts of such Secured Obligations owed to them on the date of any such distribution); and

THIRD, to the Borrower, its successors or assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.

Any surplus of such cash or cash proceeds held by the Administrative Agent and remaining after payment in full of all the obligations under the Credit Agreement shall be paid over to the Borrower promptly or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Escrow Agent shall have any liability for any shortfall to the extent of Escrow Prepayment Amount. Nor shall the Escrow Agent have any obligation to apply any payment under this Section 6(c), other than to make payments to the Administrative Agent under Section 6(b)(iii).

(d) The Borrower will execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered, or use its reasonable best efforts to procure, all assignments, instruments and other documents, deliver any instruments to the Administrative Agent and take any other actions that are necessary or desirable to perfect, continue the perfection of, or protect the first priority of the Administrative Agent’s security interest in and to the Collateral, to protect the Collateral against the rights, claims, or interests of third persons or to effect the purposes of this Agreement and agree to file or to cause to be filed one or more UCC financing statements and continuation statements in such jurisdictions and filing offices and containing such description of collateral as are reasonably necessary or advisable in order to perfect the security interest granted herein. The Borrower also hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to file any financing or continuation statements with respect to the Collateral without their respective signature (to the extent permitted by applicable law). The Borrower shall pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs incurred in connection with any of the foregoing, it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall have no duty to determine whether to file or record any document or instrument relating to Collateral. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Escrow Agent shall have any duty or obligation to file or record any document or otherwise to see to the grant or perfection of any security interest granted hereunder.

(e) The Borrower hereby appoints the Administrative Agent as attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution to do any act that the Borrower is obligated hereby to do, and the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, exercise such rights as the Borrower might exercise with respect to the Collateral and take any action in the Borrower’s name to protect the Administrative Agent’s security interest hereunder.

(f) If at any time the Escrow Agent shall receive any “entitlement order” (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the UCC) or any other instructions issued by the Administrative Agent directing the disposition of funds in the Escrow Account or otherwise related to the Escrow Account, the Escrow Agent shall comply with any such entitlement order or instructions without further consent by the Borrower or any other person.

(g) The Escrow Agent represents that it is a “securities intermediary” and that the Escrow Account is a “securities account” (as each such term is defined in the UCC).

(h) The Borrower hereby confirms that the arrangements established under this Section 6 constitute “control” (within the meanings of Sections 8-106 and 9-106 of the UCC) by the Administrative Agent of the Escrow Account and the Escrow Funds credited thereto. The Escrow Agent and the Borrower have not entered and will not enter into any other agreement with respect to control of the Escrow Account or purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Escrow Agent to comply with any

 

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orders or instructions of the Administrative Agent with respect to the Escrow Account as set forth in this Section 6. In the event of any conflict with respect to control over the Escrow Account between this Agreement (or any portion hereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

(i) The Escrow Agent hereby agrees that any security interest in, lien on, encumbrance, claim or right of setoff against, the Escrow Account or any funds therein or credited thereto that it now has or subsequently obtains shall be subordinate to the security interest of the Administrative Agent in the Escrow Account and the funds therein or credited thereto. The Escrow Agent agrees not to exercise any present or future right of recoupment or set-off against the Escrow Account or to assert against the Escrow Account any present or future security interest, banker’s lien or any other lien or claim (including claim for penalties) that the Escrow Agent may at any time have against or in the Escrow Account or any funds therein or credited thereto.

(j) The Borrower represents and warrants that it has been duly organized and is validly existing as a limited liability company under the laws of the jurisdiction set forth in the preamble to this Agreement, and during the term of this Agreement, the Borrower will not change its legal name from that set forth in the signature pages attached hereto, identity or organizational structure or jurisdiction of organization without giving the Administrative Agent written notice thereof within 30 days of any such change.

7. Termination . This Agreement and the security interest in the Escrowed Property evidenced by this Agreement shall terminate automatically and be of no further force or effect upon the distribution of all Escrowed Property in accordance with Section 3 hereof; provided , however , that the obligations of the Borrower under Section 2(c) and Section 5 (and any existing claims thereunder) shall survive termination of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Escrow Agent. At such time, upon the written request of the Borrower, the Escrow Agent shall deliver to the Borrower all of the Escrowed Property hereunder that has not been disbursed or applied by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Credit Agreement. Such delivery shall be without warranty by or recourse to the Escrow Agent in its capacity as such, except as to the absence of any liens on the Escrowed Property created by the Escrow Agent, and shall be at the sole expense of the Borrower.

8. Security Interest Absolute . All rights of the Administrative Agent for its own benefit and the benefit of the Lenders and security interests hereunder, and all obligations of the Borrower hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of:

(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;

(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Secured Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Credit Agreement;

(c) any exchange, surrender, release or non-perfection of any Liens on any other collateral for all or any of the Secured Obligations; or

(d) to the extent permitted by applicable law, any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower in respect of the Secured Obligations or of this Agreement.

 

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9. Miscellaneous .

(a) Waiver . Any party hereto may specifically waive any breach of this Agreement by any other party, but no such waiver shall be deemed to have been given unless such waiver is in writing, signed by the waiving party and specifically designating the breach waived, nor shall any such waiver constitute a continuing waiver of similar or other breaches.

(b) Invalidity . If for any reason whatsoever any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be held or deemed to be inoperative, unenforceable or invalid in a particular case or in all cases, such circumstances shall not have the effect of rendering any of the other provisions of this Agreement inoperative, unenforceable or invalid, and the inoperative, unenforceable or invalid provision shall be construed as if it were written so as to effectuate, to the maximum extent possible, the parties’ intent.

(c) Assignment . This Agreement is personal to the parties hereto, and the rights and duties of the Borrower hereunder shall not be assignable except with the prior written consent of the other parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement shall inure to and be binding upon the parties and their successors and permitted assigns.

(d) Benefit . This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their successors and permitted assigns. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, shall give to any person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement.

(e) Entire Agreement; Amendments . This Agreement and the Credit Agreement contain the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all prior agreements, understandings and commitments, whether oral or written. Any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement and any consent to any departure by the Borrower from any provision of this Agreement shall be effective only if made or duly given in compliance with all of the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement, and neither the Escrow Agent nor the Administrative Agent shall be deemed, by any act, delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise, to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default or in any breach of any of the terms and conditions hereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Escrow Agent or the Administrative Agent of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy that the Escrow Agent or the Administrative Agent would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

(f) Notices . All notices and other communications required or permitted to be given or made under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given and received when actually received (i) on the day of delivery; (ii) three Business Days following the day sent, when sent by United States certified mail, postage and certification fee prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed as set forth below; (iii) when transmitted by telecopy to the telecopy number set forth below with verbal confirmation of receipt by the telecopy operator; or (iv) one Business Day following the day timely delivered to a next-day air courier addressed as set forth below:

To the Escrow Agent:

 

US Bank -Corporate Trust Services

EP-MN-WS3C

60 Livingston Avenue

St. Paul MN 55107-1419

Attention:   Thomas S. Maple
Facsimile:   (651) 466-7429

 

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To the Administrative Agent:

 

Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch
7033 Louis Stephens Drive
PO Box: 110047
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Attention:    Sean Portrait
Facsimile:    (212) 322-2291

With a copy to:

 

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

80 Pine Street

New York, New York 10005

Attention:    Adam Dworkin
Facsimile:    (212) 378-2432

To the Borrower:

 

Caesars Growth Properties Holdings, LLC

c/o Caesars Acquisition Company

One Caesars Palace Drive

Las Vegas, Nevada 89109

Attention:    Craig Abrahams
   Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
Facsimile:    (702) 880-6802

With a copy to:

 

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019-6064

Attention:    Gregory A. Ezring
Facsimile:    (212) 757-3990

With a copy to:

 

Latham & Watkins LLP

885 Third Avenue

New York, NY 10022-4834

Attention:    Raymond Lin
Facsimile:    (212) 751-4864

 

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or at such other address as the specified entity most recently may have designated in writing in accordance with this Section 13(f). Notwithstanding the foregoing, notices and other communications to the Administrative Agent or the Escrow Agent pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iv) of this Section 13(f) shall not be deemed duly given and received until actually received by the Administrative Agent or the Escrow Agent, as applicable, at its address set forth above.

(g) Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF transmission shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

(h) Captions . Captions in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be considered or referred to in resolving questions of interpretation of this Agreement.

(i) Choice of Law; Submission to Jurisdiction . THE EXISTENCE, VALIDITY, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND EFFECT OF ANY AND ALL TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY AGREE THAT JURISDICTION OVER SUCH PARTIES AND OVER THE SUBJECT MATTER OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE EXERCISED BY A COMPETENT COURT OF THE CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK, OR BY A COMPETENT UNITED STATES COURT, SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY. THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE ESCROW AGENT HEREBY SUBMIT TO THE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS. FOR PURPOSES OF THE UCC, THE ESCROW AGENT’S JURISDICTION (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTIONS 8-110 AND 9-305 OF THE UCC) SHALL BE THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY AND TO ASSERT COUNTERCLAIMS OTHER THAN MANDATORY COUNTERCLAIMS IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO OR ARISING FROM, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THIS AGREEMENT. THE BORROWER HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS BY CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, DIRECTED TO IT AT THE ADDRESS LAST SPECIFIED FOR NOTICES HEREUNDER, AND SUCH SERVICE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETED TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS AFTER THE SAME IS SO MAILED. FOR PURPOSES OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE, NEW YORK SHALL BE THE ESCROW AGENT’S JURISDICTION.

(j) Representations and Warranties of Borrower . The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered on its behalf and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency (including without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and except as the enforcement thereof is subject to equitable principles regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity). The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Borrower does not violate any applicable law or regulation to which the Borrower is subject and does not require the consent of any governmental or other regulatory body to which the Borrower is subject, except for such consents and approvals as have been obtained and are in full force and effect. The Borrower is, with respect to the Collateral it is delivering pursuant to this Agreement, the beneficial owner of such Collateral, free and clear of any Lien or claims of any Person (except for the security interest granted under this Agreement) and are the only entitlement holders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the UCC) of the Escrow Account and the financial assets (as defined in Section 8-102(a) of the UCC).

 

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(k) Representations and Warranties of Escrow Agent and Administrative Agent . The Escrow Agent hereby represents and warrants that this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered on its behalf and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with its terms. The Administrative Agent hereby represents and warrants that the person executing this Agreement is duly authorized to so execute this Agreement, and that this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on its behalf.

(l) No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements . This Agreement may not be used to interpret another pledge, security or debt agreement of the Borrower or any subsidiary thereof. No such pledge, security or debt agreement may be used to interpret this Agreement.

(m) Interpretation of Agreement . All terms not defined herein or in the Credit Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the UCC, except where the context otherwise requires. To the extent a term or provision of this Agreement relating to the Administrative Agent or the Borrower conflicts with the Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement shall control with respect to the subject matter of such term or provision. Acceptance of or acquiescence in a course of performance rendered under this Agreement shall not be relevant to determine the meaning of this Agreement even though the accepting or acquiescing party had knowledge of the nature of the performance and opportunity for objection.

(n) Survival of Provisions . All representations, warranties and covenants of the Borrower contained herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and shall terminate only upon the termination of this Agreement.

(o) Patriot Act . To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each person who opens an account. For a non-individual person such as a business entity, a charity, a Trust or other legal entity Agent will ask for documentation to verify its formation and existence as a legal entity. Agent may also ask to see financial statements, licenses, identification and authorization documents from individuals claiming authority to represent the entity or other relevant documentation.

(p) Security Advice . The Administrative Agent and Borrower each acknowledge that regulations of the Comptroller of the Currency grant them the right to receive brokerage confirmations of the security transactions as they occur. The Administrative Agent and Borrower each specifically waive such notification to the extent permitted by law and will receive periodic cash transaction statements that will detail all investment transactions.

(q) Administrative Agent . For the avoidance of doubt, Credit Suisse AG is the legal entity doing business through Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch.

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the day first above written.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
  as Escrow Agent
By:  

/s/ Thomas S. Maple III

  Name:   Thomas S. Maple III
  Title:   Vice President

 

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CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
  as Administrative Agent
By:  

/s/ John D. Toronto

  Name:   John D. Toronto
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
By:  

/s/ Whitney Gaston

  Name:   Whitney Gaston
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

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CAESARS GROWTH PROPERTIES HOLDINGS, LLC
By:  

/s/ Craig Abrahams

  Name:   Craig Abrahams
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 

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ANNEX I

FORM OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE - RELEASE REQUEST

CAESARS GROWTH

PROPERTIES HOLDINGS, LLC

c/o Caesars Acquisition Company

One Caesars Palace Drive

Las Vegas, Nevada 89109

[                    ], 2014

U.S. Bank National Association, as Escrow Agent

US Bank -Corporate Trust Services

EP-MN-WS3C

60 Livingston Avenue

St. Paul, MN 55107-1419

Attention: Thomas S. Maple

Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch

7033 Louis Stephens Drive

PO Box 110047

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Attention: Sean Portrait

Re: Release Request Officer’s Certificate

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We refer to the Escrow Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2014 (the “ Escrow Agreement ”), among you (the “ Escrow Agent ”), the Administrative Agent under the credit agreement dated as of May 8, 2014 (the “ Credit Agreement ”), and Caesars Growth Properties Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Borrower ”). Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning given in the Credit Agreement or Escrow Agreement, as applicable.

This Officer’s Certificate constitutes a Release Request under the Escrow Agreement.

The Borrower hereby notifies you and certifies to you as follows pursuant to Section 3(a) of the Escrow Agreement:

1. As of the date hereof, substantially concurrently with the release of Escrow Funds to the Borrower, the Escrow Release Conditions will be satisfied.

2. The release of the entire amount of funds from the Escrow Account is permitted in accordance with Section 3(a) of the Escrow Agreement and shall be released as set forth on Schedule A hereto.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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The Escrow Agent is entitled to rely on the foregoing in disbursing Escrow Funds as specified in this Release Request.

 

CAESARS GROWTH PROPERTIES HOLDINGS, LLC
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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Schedule A

WIRE INSTRUCTIONS

 

Borrower   

Proceeds to be delivered:

   [                    ]

Name of Bank:

   [                    ]

ABA Number of Bank:

   [                    ]

Account Number at Bank:

   [                    ]

Name of Account:

   [                    ]

OBI Field F/F/C #:

   [                    ]

Attention:

   [                    ]

 

Administrative Agent
Proceeds to be delivered:    [                     ]
Name of Bank:    [                     ]
ABA Number of Bank:    [                     ]
Account Number at Bank:    [                     ]
Name of Account:    [                     ]
OBI Field F/F/C #:    [                     ]
Attention:    [                     ]

 

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ANNEX II

FORM OF PREPAYMENT NOTICE

CAESARS GROWTH

PROPERTIES HOLDINGS, LLC

c/o Caesars Acquisition Company

One Caesars Palace Drive

Las Vegas, Nevada 89109

[                    ], 2014

U.S. Bank National Association, as Escrow Agent

US Bank -Corporate Trust Services

EP-MN-WS3C

60 Livingston Avenue

St. Paul MN 55107-1419

Attention: Thomas S. Maple

Re: Prepayment Notice

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We refer to the Escrow Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2014 (the “ Escrow Agreement ”), among you (the “ Escrow Agent ”), the Administrative Agent under the credit agreement dated as of May 8, 2014 (the “ Credit Agreement ”), and Caesars Growth Properties Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Borrower ”). Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning given in the Escrow Agreement.

This Officer’s Certificate constitutes notice that prior to the Escrow End Date, Borrower shall not satisfy the condition set forth in Section 3(a) of the Escrow Agreement.

Escrow End Date: [                    ], 2014

Escrow Prepayment Amount: $[            ]

 

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CAESARS GROWTH PROPERTIES HOLDINGS, LLC
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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EXHIBIT I

FUNDS TO BE WIRED

 

Description

   Amount      Instructions

Escrow Fee

   $ [            ]       RBK:   [                    ]
      ABA:   [                    ]
      BNF:   [                    ]
      BNF ACCT:   [                    ]
      OBI:   [                    ]
      REF#:   [                    ]
      ATTN:   [                    ]
        [                    ]

 

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Exhibit 10.2

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of May 8, 2014,

Among

CAESARS GROWTH PROPERTIES PARENT, LLC,

as Holdings,

CAESARS GROWTH PROPERTIES HOLDINGS, LLC,

as Borrower,

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,

CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,

as Administrative Agent,

and

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC,

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,

UBS SECURITIES LLC,

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC,

MACQUARIE CAPITAL (USA) INC.,

and

NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.,

as Co-Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  
ARTICLE I   
Definitions   

SECTION 1.01.

 

Defined Terms

     1   

SECTION 1.02.

 

Terms Generally

     75   

SECTION 1.03.

 

Effectuation of Transactions

     75   

SECTION 1.04.

 

Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents

     75   

SECTION 1.05.

 

Times of Day

     76   

SECTION 1.06.

 

Timing of Payment or Performance

     76   
ARTICLE II   
The Credits   

SECTION 2.01.

 

Commitments

     76   

SECTION 2.02.

 

Loans and Borrowings

     76   

SECTION 2.03.

 

Requests for Borrowings

     77   

SECTION 2.04.

 

[Reserved]

     78   

SECTION 2.05.

 

The Letter of Credit Commitment

     78   

SECTION 2.06.

 

Funding of Borrowings

     87   

SECTION 2.07.

 

Interest Elections

     88   

SECTION 2.08.

 

Termination and Reduction of Commitments

     89   

SECTION 2.09.

 

Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt

     90   

SECTION 2.10.

 

Repayment of Term Loans and Revolving Facility Loans

     91   

SECTION 2.11.

 

Prepayment of Loans

     92   

SECTION 2.12.

 

Fees

     98   

SECTION 2.13.

 

Interest

     99   

SECTION 2.14.

 

Alternate Rate of Interest

     100   

SECTION 2.15.

 

Increased Costs

     101   

SECTION 2.16.

 

Break Funding Payments

     102   

SECTION 2.17.

 

Taxes

     102   

SECTION 2.18.

 

Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs

     106   

SECTION 2.19.

 

Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders

     107   

SECTION 2.20.

 

Illegality

     109   

SECTION 2.21.

 

Incremental Commitments

     109   

SECTION 2.22.

 

Defaulting Lenders

     117   

SECTION 2.23.

 

Escrow of Term Loans

     119   
ARTICLE III   
Representations and Warranties   

SECTION 3.01.

 

Organization; Powers

     120   

SECTION 3.02.

 

Authorization

     120   

SECTION 3.03.

 

Enforceability

     121   

 

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SECTION 3.04.

 

Governmental Approvals

     121   

SECTION 3.05.

 

Financial Statements

     121   

SECTION 3.06.

 

No Material Adverse Effect

     122   

SECTION 3.07.

 

Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases

     122   

SECTION 3.08.

 

Subsidiaries

     123   

SECTION 3.09.

 

Litigation; Compliance with Laws

     123   

SECTION 3.10.

 

Federal Reserve Regulations

     123   

SECTION 3.11.

 

Investment Company Act

     124   

SECTION 3.12.

 

Use of Proceeds

     124   

SECTION 3.13.

 

Tax Returns

     124   

SECTION 3.14.

 

No Material Misstatements

     124   

SECTION 3.15.

 

Employee Benefit Plans

     125   

SECTION 3.16.

 

Environmental Matters

     125   

SECTION 3.17.

 

Security Documents

     126   

SECTION 3.18.

 

Location of Real Property and Leased Premises

     128   

SECTION 3.19.

 

Solvency

     128   

SECTION 3.20.

 

Labor Matters

     128   

SECTION 3.21.

 

No Default

     129   

SECTION 3.22.

 

Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.

     129   

SECTION 3.23.

 

Senior Debt

     129   

SECTION 3.24.

 

Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Sanctions Laws

     129   
ARTICLE IV   
Conditions of Lending   

SECTION 4.01.

 

All Credit Events

     130   

SECTION 4.02.

 

Conditions to the Closing Date

     131   

SECTION 4.03.

 

Conditions to Escrow Release Date

     133   
ARTICLE V   
Affirmative Covenants   

SECTION 5.01.

 

Existence; Businesses and Properties

     136   

SECTION 5.02.

 

Insurance

     137   

SECTION 5.03.

 

Taxes

     138   

SECTION 5.04.

 

Financial Statements, Reports, etc.

     138   

SECTION 5.05.

 

Litigation and Other Notices

     140   

SECTION 5.06.

 

Compliance with Laws

     141   

SECTION 5.07.

 

Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections

     141   

SECTION 5.08.

 

Use of Proceeds

     141   

SECTION 5.09.

 

Compliance with Environmental Laws

     142   

SECTION 5.10.

 

Further Assurances; Additional Security

     142   

SECTION 5.11.

 

Real Property Development Matters

     145   

SECTION 5.12.

 

Rating

     147   

 

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ARTICLE VI   
Negative Covenants   

SECTION 6.01.

 

Indebtedness

     147   

SECTION 6.02.

 

Liens

     155   

SECTION 6.03.

 

Sale and Lease-Back Transactions

     161   

SECTION 6.04.

 

Investments, Loans and Advances

     162   

SECTION 6.05.

 

Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions

     167   

SECTION 6.06.

 

Restricted Payments

     170   

SECTION 6.07.

 

Transactions with Affiliates

     173   

SECTION 6.08.

 

Business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries

     176   

SECTION 6.09.

 

Limitation on Payments and Modifications of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain Other Agreements; etc.

     176   

SECTION 6.10.

 

Senior Secured Leverage Ratio

     179   

SECTION 6.11.

 

No Other “Designated Senior Debt”

     179   

SECTION 6.12.

 

Fiscal Year

     179   
ARTICLE VIA   
Holdings Negative Covenants   
ARTICLE VII   
Events of Default   

SECTION 7.01.

 

Events of Default

     180   

SECTION 7.02.

 

Right to Cure

     183   
ARTICLE VIII   
The Agents   

SECTION 8.01.

 

Appointment

     184   

SECTION 8.02.

 

Delegation of Duties

     185   

SECTION 8.03.

 

Exculpatory Provisions

     185   

SECTION 8.04.

 

Reliance by Agents

     185   

SECTION 8.05.

 

Notice of Default

     185   

SECTION 8.06.

 

Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Other Lenders

     186   

SECTION 8.07.

 

Indemnification

     186   

SECTION 8.08.

 

Agents in their Individual Capacity

     187   

SECTION 8.09.

 

Successor Agents

     187   

SECTION 8.10.

 

Payments Set Aside

     188   

SECTION 8.11.

 

Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim

     188   

SECTION 8.12.

 

Collateral and Guaranty Matters

     189   

SECTION 8.13.

 

Arrangers

     189   

SECTION 8.14.

 

First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and Collateral Matters

     189   

SECTION 8.15.

 

Withholding Tax

     190   

 

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ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

  

SECTION 9.01.

 

Notices; Communications

     190   

SECTION 9.02.

 

Survival of Agreement

     192   

SECTION 9.03.

 

Binding Effect

     192   

SECTION 9.04.

 

Successors and Assigns

     192   

SECTION 9.05.

 

Expenses; Indemnity

     198   

SECTION 9.06.

 

Right of Set-off

     200   

SECTION 9.07.

 

Applicable Law

     200   

SECTION 9.08.

 

Waivers; Amendment

     200   

SECTION 9.09.

 

Interest Rate Limitation

     204   

SECTION 9.10.

 

Entire Agreement

     204   

SECTION 9.11.

 

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

     204   

SECTION 9.12.

 

Severability

     204   

SECTION 9.13.

 

Counterparts

     205   

SECTION 9.14.

 

Headings

     205   

SECTION 9.15.

 

Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

     205   

SECTION 9.16.

 

Confidentiality

     206   

SECTION 9.17.

 

Platform; Borrower Materials

     206   

SECTION 9.18.

 

Release of Liens, Guarantees and Pledges

     207   

SECTION 9.19.

 

Judgment Currency

     209   

SECTION 9.20.

 

USA PATRIOT Act Notice

     210   

SECTION 9.21.

 

No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility

     210   

SECTION 9.22.

 

Application of Gaming Laws

     210   

SECTION 9.23.

 

Affiliate Lenders

     212   

 

Exhibits and Schedules
Exhibit A    Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit B    Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit C    [Reserved]
Exhibit D    Form of Interest Election Request
Exhibit E    Form of Mortgage
Exhibit F    Form of Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit G    Form of Discounted Prepayment Option Notice
Exhibit H    Form of Lender Participation Notice
Exhibit I    Form of Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice
Exhibit J    Form of Solvency Certificate
Exhibit K    Form of Global Intercompany Note
Exhibit L    Form of Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreement
Exhibit M    Form of Collateral Agreement
Exhibit N    Form of Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement
Exhibit O    Form of Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement
Exhibit P    Form of First Lien Intercreditor Agreement
Exhibit Q    Form of Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement

 

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Exhibit R    Form of Escrow Agreement
Schedule 1.01(A)    Mortgaged Properties
Schedule 1.01(B)    Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 1.01(C)    Subsidiary Loan Parties
Schedule 1.01(D)    Undeveloped Land
Schedule 1.01(E)    Closing Date Unrestricted Subsidiaries
Schedule 1.01(F)    Specified L/C Sublimit
Schedule 2.01    Commitments
Schedule 3.01    Organization; Powers
Schedule 3.04    Governmental Approvals
Schedule 3.08(a)    Subsidiaries
Schedule 3.08(b)    Subscriptions
Schedule 3.22    Intellectual Property Rights
Schedule 4.03(a)    Local Counsel
Schedule 5.10    Post-Closing Items
Schedule 6.01    Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 6.02(a)    Existing Liens
Schedule 6.04    Existing Investments
Schedule 6.07    Transactions with Affiliates
Schedule 9.01    Notice Information

 

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FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of May 8, 2014 (this “ Agreement ”), among CAESARS GROWTH PROPERTIES PARENT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Holdings ”), CAESARS GROWTH PROPERTIES HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Borrower ”), the LENDERS party hereto from time to time and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders.

WHEREAS, in connection with the consummation of the Acquisition and the PH Contribution and the refinancing of the Existing PH Facility, the Borrower (a) has requested the Lenders to extend credit in the form of (i) Term B Loans on the Closing Date, in an aggregate principal amount of $1,175.0 million and (ii) Revolving Facility Loans and Letters of Credit at any time and from time to time prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, in an aggregate Outstanding Amount at any time not to exceed $150.0 million and (b) will issue up to $675.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Second Priority Senior Secured Notes in a Rule 144A or other private placement.

WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Escrow Agent will enter into an Escrow Agreement, pursuant to which the proceeds of the Term B Loans will be deposited into the Escrow Account on the Closing Date.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer are willing to extend such credit to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:

ABR ” shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate in effect for such day plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (c) the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate for a one-month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1.00%; provided , that for the avoidance of doubt, the Eurocurrency Rate for any day shall be based on the rate determined on such day at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) by reference to ICE LIBOR (or the successor thereto if the Intercontinental Exchange Benchmark Administration Ltd. is no longer making a Eurocurrency Rate available) for deposits in Dollars (as set forth by any service selected by the Administrative Agent that has been nominated by the Intercontinental Exchange Benchmark Administration Ltd. (or the successor thereto if the Intercontinental Exchange Benchmark Administration Ltd. is no longer making a Eurocurrency Rate available) as an authorized vendor for the purpose of displaying such rates). Any change in such rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate, as the case may be.

ABR Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.


ABR Loan ” shall mean any ABR Term Loan or ABR Revolving Loan.

ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR Revolving Loans.

ABR Revolving Loan ” shall mean any Revolving Facility Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the ABR in accordance with the provisions of Article II.

ABR Term Loan ” shall mean any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the ABR in accordance with the provisions of Article II.

Acceptable Discount ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(h)(iii).

Acceptance Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(h)(ii).

Accepting Lender ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(f).

Acquired Business Representations ” shall mean each of the representations made with respect to the Purchased Properties and their subsidiaries in the Purchase Agreement that are material to the interests of the Lenders (in their capacities as such) (but only to the extent that the Borrower has the right to terminate its obligations under the Purchase Agreement as a result of a breach of such representations in the Purchase Agreement).

Acquisition ” shall mean the acquisition, directly or indirectly and in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, by the Borrower of the Purchased Properties and certain other assets pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

Act of Terrorism ” shall mean an act of any person directed towards the overthrowing or influencing of any government de jure or de facto, or the inducement of fear in or the disruption of the economic system of any society, by force or by violence, including (i) the hijacking or destruction of any conveyance (including an aircraft, vessel, or vehicle), transportation infrastructure or building, (ii) the seizing or detaining, and threatening to kill, injure, or continue to detain, or the assassination of, another individual, (iii) the use of any (a) biological agent, chemical agent, or nuclear weapon or device, or (b) explosive or firearm, with intent to endanger, directly or indirectly, the safety of one or more individuals or to cause substantial damage to property and (iv) a credible threat, attempt, or conspiracy to do any of the foregoing.

Additional Mortgage ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.10(c).

Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate ” shall mean, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the greater of (x) (a) the Eurocurrency Rate in effect for such Interest Period divided by (b) one minus the Statutory Reserves applicable to such Eurocurrency Borrowing, if any, and (y) in the case of Eurocurrency Borrowings composed of Eurocurrency Term Loans, 1.00%.

 

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Adjustment Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Pricing Grid.”

Administrative Agent ” shall mean Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, together with its successors and assigns.

Administrative Agent Fees ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(c).

Administrative Agent’s Office ” shall mean, with respect to any currency, the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 9.01 with respect to such currency, or such other address or account with respect to such currency as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower and the Lenders.

Administrative Questionnaire ” shall mean an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

Affiliate ” shall mean, when used with respect to a specified person, another person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the person specified.

Affiliate Lender ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.23(a).

Agent Fee Letter ” shall mean that certain Agent Fee Letter, dated as of May 5, 2014, as amended, by and among Holdings, the Borrower, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC.

Agent Parties ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17.

Agents ” shall mean the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

Agreement ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

Agreement Currency ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.19.

All-in Yield ” shall mean, as to any Loans, the yield thereon payable to all Lenders providing such Loans or in the primary syndication thereof, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, whether in the form of interest rate, margin, original issue discount, up-front fees, rate floors or otherwise; provided , that original issue discount and up-front fees shall be equated to interest rate assuming a 4-year life to maturity (or, if less, the life of such Loans); and provided , further , that “All-in Yield” shall not include arrangement, commitment, underwriting, structuring or similar fees and customary consent fees for an amendment paid generally to consenting lenders.

 

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Anti-Money Laundering Laws ” shall mean any and all laws, judgments, orders, executive orders, decrees, ordinances, rules, regulations, statutes, case law or treaties applicable to a Loan Party, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, related to terrorism financing or money laundering including any applicable provision of the USA PATRIOT Act and The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act (also known as the “Bank Secrecy Act,” 31 U.S.C. §§ 5311-5330 and 12 U.S.C. §§ 1818(s), 1820(b) and 1951-1959), as amended from time to time and any successors thereto.

Apollo ” shall mean, collectively, Apollo Management VI, L.P. and other affiliated co-investment partnerships.

Applicable Commitment Fee ” shall mean, for any day, (i) 0.50% per annum; provided , that on and after each Adjustment Date occurring after delivery of the financial statements and certificates required by Section 5.04 upon the completion of one full fiscal quarter of the Borrower after the Escrow Release Date, the “Applicable Commitment Fee” will be determined pursuant to the Pricing Grid or (ii) with respect to any Other Revolving Facility Commitments, the “Applicable Commitment Fee” set forth in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement.

Applicable Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.08(f).

Applicable Discount ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(h)(iii).

Applicable Margin ” shall mean for any day (i) with respect to any Term B Loan, 5.25% per annum in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan and 4.25% per annum in the case of any ABR Loan and (ii) with respect to any Initial Revolving Loan, 5.25% per annum in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan and 4.25% per annum in the case of any ABR Loan; provided , however , that on and after the first Adjustment Date occurring after delivery of the financial statements and certificates required by Section 5.04 upon the completion of one full fiscal quarter of the Borrower after the Escrow Release Date, the “Applicable Margin” with respect to an Initial Revolving Loan will be determined pursuant to the Pricing Grid, and (iii) with respect to any Other Term Loan or Other Revolving Loan, the “Applicable Margin” set forth in the Incremental Assumption Agreement relating thereto.

Applicable Period ” shall mean an Excess Cash Flow Period.

Applicable Premium ” shall mean the greater of (I) 1% of the principal amount of the Term B Loans being prepaid and (II) the excess of (A) the present value of all remaining required interest to the first anniversary of the Closing Date (using the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate that is determined for a three-month Interest Period commencing on the date of such prepayment and assuming such Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate remains the same for the entire period from the date of such prepayment to the first anniversary of the Closing Date) and principal payments due on the principal amount of the Term B Loans being prepaid plus the

 

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prepayment premium provided in Section 2.11(a)(ii)(2) on such principal amount being prepaid, in each case assuming a prepayment date of the first anniversary of the Closing Date, computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points over (B) the principal amount of the Term B Loans being prepaid. For purposes of this definition, “Treasury Rate” means the rate per annum equal to the yield to maturity at the time of computation of the United States of America Treasury securities with a constant maturity most nearly equal to the period from such date of prepayment to the first anniversary of the Closing Date; provided , however , that if the period from such date of prepayment to the first anniversary of the Closing Date is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States of America Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States of America Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from such date of prepayment to the first anniversary of the Closing Date is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States of America Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.

Approved Fund ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

Asset Sale ” shall mean any loss, damage, destruction or condemnation of, or any sale, transfer or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback of assets and any mortgage or lease of Real Property) to any person of any asset or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

Assignee ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

Assignment and Acceptance ” shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an Assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (if required by Section 9.04), in the form of Exhibit A or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent and reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower.

Auto-Extension Letter of Credit ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b)(iii).

Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b)(iv).

Availability Period ” shall mean, with respect to any Class of Revolving Facility Commitments under any Revolving Facility, the period from and including the Escrow Release Date (or, if later, the effective date for such Class of Revolving Facility Commitments) to but excluding the earlier of the Revolving Facility Maturity Date with respect to such Class and, in the case of each of the Revolving Facility Loans, Revolving Facility Borrowings and Letters of Credit under such Revolving Facility, the date of termination in full of the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class.

Available Unused Commitment ” shall mean, with respect to a Revolving Facility Lender under any Revolving Facility at any time, an amount equal to the amount by which (a) the Revolving Facility Commitment under such Revolving Facility of such Revolving Facility Lender at such time exceeds (b) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure under such Revolving Facility of such Revolving Facility Lender at such time.

 

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Bally’s LV Entities ” shall mean, collectively, FHR NewCo, LLC, LVH NewCo, LLC, Flamingo-Laughlin NewCo, LLC and Parball NewCo, LLC, each a Delaware limited liability company.

Below Threshold Asset Sale Proceeds ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Cumulative Credit.”

Board ” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.

Board of Directors ” shall mean, as to any person, the board of directors or other governing body of such person, or if such person is owned or managed by a single entity, the board of directors or other governing body of such entity. With respect to the Borrower, the Board of Directors of the Borrower may include the Board of Directors of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower.

Borrower ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

Borrower Materials ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17.

Borrowing ” shall mean a group of Loans of a single Type in a single currency under a single Facility and made on a single date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

Borrowing Minimum ” shall mean $5.0 million except, in the case of ABR Loans, $500,000.

Borrowing Multiple ” shall mean $1.0 million except, in the case of ABR Loans, $100,000.

Borrowing Request ” shall mean a request by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03 and substantially in the form of Exhibit B .

Budget ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.04(e).

Business Day ” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided , that when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in deposits in Dollars in the London interbank market.

CAC ” shall mean Caesars Acquisition Company, a Delaware corporation.

 

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Capital Expenditures ” shall mean, for any person in respect of any period, (a) the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities and including in all events amounts expended or capitalized under Capital Lease Obligations) incurred by such person during such period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in “additions to property, plant or equipment” or similar items reflected in the statement of cash flows of such person and (b) Capitalized Software Expenditures.

Capital Lease Obligations ” of any person shall mean the obligations of such person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other similar arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such person under GAAP and, for purposes hereof, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that any obligations that would not be accounted for as Capital Lease Obligations under GAAP as of the Closing Date shall not be included in Capital Lease Obligations after the Closing Date due to any changes in GAAP or interpretations thereunder or otherwise.

Capitalized Software Expenditures ” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by a person during such period in respect of licensed or purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in accordance with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the combined or consolidated balance sheet of such person and its subsidiaries.

Cash Collateral ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(g)(ii).

Cash Collateralize ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(g)(ii).

Cash Interest Expense ” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis for any period, Interest Expense for such period, less the sum of, without duplication, (a) pay in kind Interest Expense or other non-cash Interest Expense (including as a result of the effects of purchase accounting), (b) to the extent included in Interest Expense, the amortization of any debt issuance costs, commissions, financing fees paid by, or on behalf of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including such fees paid in connection with the Transactions or upon entering into a Permitted Receivables Financing, and the expensing of any bridge, commitment or other financing fees, including those paid in connection with the Transactions or upon entering into a Permitted Receivables Financing or any amendment of this Agreement and (c) the amortization of debt discounts, if any, or fees in respect of Swap Agreements.

Cash Management Agreement ” shall mean any agreement to provide to Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary cash management services for collections, treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft, automated clearing house fund transfer services, return items and interstate depository network services), any demand deposit, payroll, trust or operating account relationships, commercial credit cards, merchant card, purchase or debit cards, non-card e-payables services, and other cash management services, including electronic funds transfer services, lockbox services, stop payment services and wire transfer services.

 

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Cash Management Bank ” shall mean any person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement (or on the Closing Date), is an Agent, a Co-Lead Arranger, a Lender or an Affiliate of any such person, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.

CEC ” shall mean Caesars Entertainment Corporation, a Delaware corporation, together with its successors and assigns.

CFC ” shall mean a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957(a) of the Code.

CGP ” shall mean Caesars Growth Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, together with its successors and assigns.

A “ Change in Control ” shall be deemed to occur if:

(a) at any time, a “change of control” (or similar event) shall occur under the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof that constitutes Material Indebtedness; or

(b) any combination of Permitted Holders in the aggregate shall fail to have the power, directly or indirectly, to vote or direct the voting of Equity Interests representing at least a majority of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors of the Borrower; provided that the occurrence of the foregoing event shall not be deemed a Change in Control if,

(i) at any time prior to a Qualified IPO, (A) any combination of Permitted Holders in the aggregate otherwise have the right, directly or indirectly, to designate a majority of the Board of Directors of the Borrower at such time or (B) any combination of Permitted Holders in the aggregate own, directly or indirectly, a majority of the ordinary voting Equity Interests of the Borrower at such time, or

(ii) at any time upon or after a Qualified IPO, (A) no person or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or “group” and its subsidiaries and any person or entity acting its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), other than any combination of the Permitted Holders, shall have acquired beneficial ownership (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date) of more than the greater of (x) 35% on a fully diluted basis of the ordinary voting Equity Interests of the Borrower and (y) the percentage of the ordinary voting Equity Interests of the Borrower owned, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate by the Permitted Holders on a fully diluted basis and (B) during each period of twelve (12) consecutive months, a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats)

 

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on the Board of Directors of the Borrower shall be occupied by persons who were either (1) nominated by the Board of Directors of the Borrower or a Permitted Holder, (2) appointed by directors so nominated or (3) appointed by a Permitted Holder.

Change in Law ” shall mean (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the Closing Date, (b) any change in law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing Date or (c) compliance by any Lender or L/C Issuer (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any) with any written request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Closing Date; provided , however , that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder, issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirement and directives promulgated by the Bank of International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States of foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law,” regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented, but only to the extent a Lender is imposing applicable increased costs or costs in connection with capital adequacy requirements similar to those described in clauses (a) and (b) of Section 2.15 generally on other similarly situated borrowers of loans under United States of America credit facilities.

Charges ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.

CIC ” shall mean Corner Investment Company, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company.

Class ” shall mean, (a) when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Term B Loans, Other Term Loans, Initial Revolving Loans or Other Revolving Loans; and (b) when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is in respect of a commitment to make Term B Loans, Other Term Loans, Initial Revolving Loans or Other Revolving Loans. Other Term Loans or Other Revolving Loans that have different terms and conditions (together with the Commitments in respect thereof) from the Term B Loans or the Initial Revolving Loans, respectively, or from other Other Term Loans or other Other Revolving Loans, as applicable, shall be construed to be in separate and distinct Classes.

Class Loans ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.08(f).

Closing Date ” shall mean May 8, 2014.

Closing Fees ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(e).

Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Co-Lead Arrangers ” shall mean Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. and Nomura Securities International, Inc., in their capacities as co-lead arrangers and bookrunners for this Agreement.

 

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Collateral ” shall mean all the “Collateral” (or equivalent term) as defined in any Security Document and shall also include the Mortgaged Properties and all other property that is subject to any Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to any Security Documents.

Collateral Agent ” shall mean the Administrative Agent acting as collateral agent for the Secured Parties.

Collateral Agreement ” shall mean the Collateral Agreement (First Lien) substantially in the form of Exhibit M , dated and effective as of the Escrow Release Date, among the Borrower, each Subsidiary Loan Party and the Collateral Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

Collateral Requirement ” shall mean the requirement that (in each case subject to Sections 5.10(d), (e) and (g) and Schedule 5.10 ):

(a) on the Escrow Release Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received (x) from the Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party, a counterpart of the Collateral Agreement, (y) from each Subsidiary Loan Party, a counterpart of the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement and (z) from Holdings, a counterpart of the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, in each case duly executed and delivered on behalf of such person;

(b) on the Escrow Release Date, (i) the Collateral Agent shall have received (A) a pledge of all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests owned on the Escrow Release Date directly by the Loan Parties, other than Excluded Securities and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have received all certificates or other instruments (if any) representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;

(c) (i) on the Escrow Release Date and at all times thereafter, all Indebtedness of the Borrower and each Subsidiary having, in the case of each instance of Indebtedness, an aggregate principal amount in excess of $15.0 million (other than (A) intercompany current liabilities in connection with the cash management operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries or (B) to the extent that a pledge of such promissory note or instrument would violate applicable law) that is owing to a Loan Party, other than Excluded Securities, shall be evidenced by a promissory note or an instrument and shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement (or other applicable Security Document as reasonably required by the Collateral Agent), and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have received all such promissory notes or instruments required to be delivered pursuant to the applicable Security Documents, together with note powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;

(d) in the case of any person that becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party after the Escrow Release Date, subject to Section 5.10(g), the Collateral Agent shall have received

 

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(i) a supplement to the Collateral Agreement and the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement and (ii) supplements to the other Security Documents, if applicable, in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Subsidiary Loan Party;

(e) after the Escrow Release Date, (i) all the outstanding Equity Interests of (A) any person that becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party after the Escrow Release Date and (B) subject to Section 5.10(g), all the Equity Interests that are directly acquired by a Loan Party after the Escrow Release Date (including, without limitation, the Equity Interests of any Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary established after the Escrow Release Date), other than Excluded Securities, shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement or, in the case of Equity Interests in the Borrower, the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have received all certificates or other instruments (if any) representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;

(f) on the Escrow Release Date and at all times thereafter, except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or any Security Document, all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, required by law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents (in each case, including any supplements thereto) and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Security Documents, shall have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing, registration or the recording concurrently with, or promptly following, the execution and delivery of each such Security Document;

(g) within (x) 120 days after the Escrow Release Date with respect to the Mortgaged Properties set forth on Schedule 1.01(A) (or such later date as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) and (y) within the time periods set forth in, and solely to the extent required by, Section 5.10(c), 5.10(d), 5.10(h) or 5.11 with respect to the Mortgaged Properties encumbered pursuant to said Section 5.10(c), 5.10(d), 5.10(h) or 5.11, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of each Mortgage to be entered into with respect to each such Mortgaged Property duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such Mortgaged Property and suitable for recording or filing and (ii) such other documents including, but not limited to, any consents, agreements and confirmations of third parties, as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request with respect to any such Mortgage or Mortgaged Property;

(h) within (x) 120 days after the Escrow Release Date with respect to the Mortgaged Properties set forth on Schedule 1.01(A) (or such later date as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) and (y) within the time periods set forth in, and solely to the extent required by, Section 5.10(c), 5.10(d), 5.10(h) or 5.11 with respect to Mortgaged Properties encumbered pursuant to said Section 5.10(c), 5.10(d), 5.10(h) or 5.11, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to each Mortgaged Property on which a “Building” (as defined in 12 CFR Chapter III, Section 339.2) is located (together with a notice about special flood hazard area status

 

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and flood disaster assistance duly executed by the Borrower and each Loan Party relating thereto), (ii) a copy of, or a certificate as to coverage under, and a declaration page relating to, the insurance policies required by Section 5.02 (including, without limitation, flood insurance policies), each of which shall (A) be endorsed or otherwise amended to include a “standard” lender’s loss payable or mortgagee endorsement (as applicable), (B) name the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as additional insured, (C) in the case of flood insurance, (1) identify the addresses of each Building located in a special flood hazard area, (2) indicate the applicable flood zone designation, the flood insurance coverage and the deductible relating thereto, (3) provide that the insurer will give the Collateral Agent forty-five (45) days’ written notice of cancellation (or such shorter period acceptable to the Administrative Agent) and (4) otherwise be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (iii) to the extent required to mortgage a leasehold interest in Real Property that must be mortgaged pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, estoppel and consent agreements executed by each of the lessors of such leased Real Property, along with (A) a memorandum of lease in recordable form with respect to such leasehold interest, executed and acknowledged by the owner of the affected real property, as lessor, or (B) evidence that the applicable lease with respect to such leasehold interest or a memorandum thereof has been recorded in all places necessary or desirable, in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable judgment, to give constructive notice to third-party purchasers of such leasehold interest, or (C) if such leasehold interest was acquired or subleased from the holder of a recorded leasehold interest, the applicable assignment or sublease document, executed and acknowledged by such holder, in each case in form sufficient to give such constructive notice upon recordation and otherwise in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, provided , that the Borrower and the Subsidiaries shall be deemed to have complied with the immediately preceding requirements of this clause (iii) if the Borrower and the Subsidiaries will have provided the Administrative Agent with an officer’s certificate confirming that the Borrower and the Subsidiaries have made commercially reasonable efforts to fulfill the aforementioned requirements, (iv) opinions addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent for its benefit and for the benefit of the Secured Parties of (A) local counsel for the Borrower in each jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located with respect to the enforceability of the Mortgages and other matters customarily included in such opinions and (B) counsel for the Borrower regarding due authorization, execution and delivery of the Mortgages, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (v) a policy or policies or marked-up unconditional binder of title insurance, as applicable, paid for by the Borrower or the Subsidiaries or a Parent Entity, issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring the Lien of each Mortgage to be entered into on the Escrow Release Date or thereafter in accordance with Sections 5.10(c), 5.10(d), 5.10(h) and 5.11 as a valid Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except Permitted Liens, together with such customary endorsements (including zoning endorsements where reasonably appropriate and available or, in lieu of such zoning endorsements, where available at commercially reasonable rates in the jurisdiction where the applicable Mortgaged Property is located, a zoning report from a recognized vendor or a zoning compliance letter from the applicable municipality in a form reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent), coinsurance and reinsurance as the Collateral Agent

 

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may reasonably request and which are available at commercially reasonable rates in the jurisdiction where the applicable Mortgaged Property is located, (vi) if the finalization of the title insurance policies pursuant to clause (v) hereof and the Surveys (as hereinafter defined) pursuant to clause (vii) hereof occurs after delivery of any Mortgage pursuant to clause (g), then, to the extent required to correct and/or confirm the Mortgaged Property encumbered by such Mortgage is consistent with that so insured and surveyed and/or confirm the Collateral Agent’s mortgage lien on and security interests in such Mortgaged Property, (A) an amendment to any such applicable Mortgage (or to the extent required, a new Mortgage) duly authorized, executed and acknowledged, in recordable form and otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent with respect to each such applicable Mortgaged Property and (B) such other documents, including, but not limited to, any supplemental consents, agreements and/or confirmations of third parties, and supplemental local counsel opinions, as Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to effectuate the same, and (vii) a survey of each Mortgaged Property (including all improvements, easements and other customary matters thereon reasonably required by the Collateral Agent), as applicable, for which all necessary fees (where applicable) have been paid (such surveys, collectively, the “ Surveys ”). Such Surveys shall be certified to the Borrower, Collateral Agent and the title insurance company, and shall meet minimum standard detail requirements for ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys in all material respects and shall be sufficient and satisfactory to the title insurance company so as to enable the title insurance company to issue coverage over all general survey exceptions and to issue all endorsements reasonably requested by Collateral Agent. All such Surveys shall be dated (or redated) not earlier than six months prior to the date of delivery thereof (unless otherwise acceptable to the title insurance company issuing the title insurance);

(i) on the Escrow Release Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received evidence of the insurance required by the terms of this Agreement; and

(j) after the Escrow Release Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) such other Security Documents as may be required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 5.10 and 5.11, and (ii) upon reasonable request by the Collateral Agent, evidence of compliance with any other requirements of Sections 5.10 and 5.11.

Commitment Fee ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(a).

Commitments ” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment and Term Facility Commitment.

Commodity Exchange Act ” shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

Conduit Lender ” shall mean any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument; provided , that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of

 

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its obligations to fund a Loan under this Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender; provided , further , that no Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to Section 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 or 9.05 than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender, unless the designation of such Conduit Lender is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), which consent shall specify that it is being made pursuant to the second proviso in the definition of Conduit Lender and provided that that designating Lender provides such information as the Borrower reasonably requests in order for the Borrower to determine whether to provide their consent or (b) be deemed to have any Commitment.

Consolidated Debt ” at any date shall mean the sum of (without duplication) all Indebtedness (other than letters of credit or bank guarantees, to the extent undrawn) consisting of Capital Lease Obligations, Indebtedness for borrowed money and Disqualified Stock of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries determined on a combined or consolidated basis on such date in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Net Income ” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of the Borrower and its subsidiaries for such period, on a combined or consolidated basis; provided , however , that, without duplication,

(i) any net after tax extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual gains or losses or income or expense or charge (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) including, without limitation, any severance, relocation or other restructuring expenses, any expenses related to any reconstruction, decommissioning, recommissioning or reconfiguration of fixed assets for alternative uses, fees, expenses or charges relating to facilities closing costs, curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, excess pension charges, acquisition integration costs, facilities opening costs, project start-up costs, business optimization costs, signing, retention or completion bonuses, and expenses or charges related to any offering of Equity Interests or debt securities of the Borrower or any Parent Entity, any Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or issuance, repayment, refinancing, amendment or modification of Indebtedness (in each case, whether or not successful), and any fees, expenses, charges or change in control payments related to the Transactions (including any costs relating to auditing prior periods, transition-related expenses, and Transaction Expenses incurred before, on or after the Closing Date), in each case, shall be excluded,

(ii) any net after-tax income or loss from disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations and any net after-tax gain or loss on disposal of disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations shall be excluded,

(iii) any net after-tax gain or loss (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to business dispositions or asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by the management of the Borrower) shall be excluded,

 

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(iv) any net after-tax income or loss (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of indebtedness, Swap Agreements or other derivative instruments shall be excluded,

(v) (A) the Net Income for such period of any person that is not a subsidiary of such person, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent person or a subsidiary thereof (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary of such referent person) in respect of such period and (B) the Net Income for such period shall include any ordinary course dividend, distribution or other payment in cash received from any person in excess of the amounts included in clause (A),

(vi) Consolidated Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period,

(vii) effects of purchase accounting adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to such person and its Subsidiaries) in component amounts required or permitted by GAAP, including those resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to the Transactions or any consummated acquisition, or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,

(viii) any impairment charges or asset write-offs, in each case pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles adjustments arising pursuant to GAAP, shall be excluded,

(ix) any non-cash compensation charge or expenses realized or resulting from stock option plans, employee benefit plans or post-employment benefit plans, or grants or sales of stock, stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock, preferred stock or other rights shall be excluded,

(x) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted within twelve months after the Closing Date and that are so required to be established or adjusted in accordance with GAAP or as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies shall be excluded,

(xi) non-cash gains, losses, income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting required by the applicable standard under GAAP and related interpretations shall be excluded,

(xii) any currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness, and any net loss or gain resulting from Swap Agreements for currency exchange risk, shall be excluded,

 

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(xiii) (i) the non-cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense shall be excluded and (ii) the cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense which exceeds the amount expensed in respect of such rent expense shall be included,

(xiv) (1) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as such person has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is (i) not denied by the applicable carrier in writing within 180 days and (ii) in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within 365 days), expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded, and (2) amounts estimated in good faith to be received from insurance in respect of lost revenues or earnings in respect of liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be included (with a deduction for amounts actually received up to such estimated amount to the extent included in Net Income in a future period),

(xv) without duplication, an amount equal to the amount of distributions actually made to any parent or equity holder of such person in respect of such period in accordance with Section 6.06(b)(y) shall be included as though such amounts had been paid as income taxes directly by such person for such period, and

(xvi) non-cash charges for deferred tax asset valuation allowances shall be excluded.

Consolidated Total Assets ” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the total assets of the Borrower and the consolidated Subsidiaries without giving effect to any amortization of the amount of intangible assets since March 31, 2014, determined in accordance with GAAP, as set forth on the combined or consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as of the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently ended for which financial statements have been (or were required to be) delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b), as applicable, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to any acquisition or disposition of a person or assets that have occurred on or after the last day of such fiscal quarter.

Control ” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

Covenant Resumption Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Covenant Suspension Period.”

Covenant Suspension Period ” shall mean the period commencing on the date of any Qualifying Act of Terrorism and continuing until (and including) the last day of the second full fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter in which the Qualifying Act of Terrorism occurs; provided , however , that if a separate and distinct Qualifying Act of Terrorism occurs during any Covenant Suspension Period, such Covenant Suspension Period shall continue until (and including) the last day of the second full fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter in which such

 

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subsequent Qualifying Act of Terrorism shall occur. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, elect that any Covenant Suspension Period end on any date prior to the date that such Covenant Suspension Period would otherwise end absent such election. The first day following the end of the Covenant Suspension Period is the “ Covenant Resumption Date .”

Credit Event ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Article IV.

Cromwell Entities ” shall mean, collectively, (i) CIC and (ii) Corner Investment Holdings, LLC and Corner Investment Propco, LLC, each a Delaware limited liability company.

Cumulative Credit ” shall mean, at any date, an amount, not less than zero in the aggregate, determined on a cumulative basis equal to, without duplication (and without duplication of amounts that otherwise increased the amount available for Investments pursuant to Section 6.04):

(a) $35.0 million, plus

(b) an amount (which amount shall not be less than zero) equal to the Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount at such time, plus

(c) the aggregate amount of proceeds received after the Escrow Release Date and prior to such time that would have constituted Net Proceeds pursuant to clause (a) of the definition thereof except for the operation of clause (x) or (y) of the second proviso thereof (the “ Below Threshold Asset Sale Proceeds ”), plus

(d) the cumulative amount of proceeds (including cash and the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of property other than cash) from the sale of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Parent Entity after the Escrow Release Date and on or prior to such time (including upon exercise of warrants or options) which proceeds have been contributed as common equity to the capital of the Borrower; provided , that this clause (d) shall exclude Excluded Contributions, Management Fee Contributions, Investments pursuant to Section 6.04(q), Permitted Cure Securities and the proceeds thereof, sales of Equity Interests financed as contemplated by Section 6.04(e) or used as described in clause (ix) of the definition of EBITDA and any amounts used to finance the payments or distributions in respect of any Junior Financing pursuant to Section 6.09(b)(i)(C), plus

(e) 100% of the aggregate amount of contributions to the common capital of the Borrower received in cash (and the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of property other than cash) after the Escrow Release Date (subject to the same exclusions as are applicable to clause (d) above), plus

(f) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness (including the liquidation preference or maximum fixed repurchase price, as the case may be, of any Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof issued after the Escrow Release Date (other than Indebtedness issued to a Subsidiary), which has been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) in the Borrower or any Parent Entity, plus

 

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(g) 100% of the aggregate amount received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in cash (and the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of property other than cash received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary) after the Escrow Release Date from:

(A) the sale (other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary) of the Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or

(B) any dividend or other distribution by an Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus

(h) in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary has been redesignated as a Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of the Investments of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable), plus

(i) amounts constituting Declined Proceeds not applied to the prepayment of Term Loans, plus

(j) an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Investments made pursuant to Section 6.04(j) after the Escrow Release Date prior to such time, minus

(k) any amounts thereof used to make Investments pursuant to Section 6.04(j)(ii) after the Escrow Release Date prior to such time, minus

(l) any amounts thereof used to make Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 6.06(e) after the Escrow Release Date prior to such time, minus

(m) any amounts thereof used to make payments or distributions in respect of Junior Financings pursuant to Section 6.09(b)(i)(E) after the Escrow Release Date prior to such time;

provided , however , for purposes of Section 6.06(e), the calculation of the Cumulative Credit shall not include any Below Threshold Asset Sale Proceeds except to the extent they are used as contemplated in clause (k) above.

Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount ” shall mean, at any date, an amount (which shall not be less than zero in the aggregate) determined on a cumulative basis equal to the aggregate cumulative sum of the Retained Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for all Excess Cash Flow Periods ending after the Escrow Release Date and prior to such date.

 

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Cure Amount ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02.

Cure Right ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02.

Current Assets ” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis at any date of determination, the sum of (a) all assets (other than cash and Permitted Investments or other cash equivalents) that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a combined or consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as current assets at such date of determination, other than amounts related to current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits, and (b) in the event that a Permitted Receivables Financing is accounted for off balance sheet, (x) gross accounts receivable comprising part of the Receivables Assets subject to such Permitted Receivables Financing less (y) collections against the amounts sold pursuant to clause (x).

Current Liabilities ” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis at any date of determination, all liabilities that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a combined or consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as current liabilities at such date of determination, other than (a) the current portion of any Indebtedness, (b) accruals of Interest Expense (excluding Interest Expense that is due and unpaid), (c) accruals for current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits, (d) accruals, if any, of transaction costs resulting from the Transactions, (e) accruals of any costs or expenses related to (i) severance or termination of employees prior to the Closing Date or (ii) bonuses, pension and other post-retirement benefit obligations, and (f) accruals for add-backs to EBITDA included in clauses (a)(iv) through (a)(vi) of the definition of such term.

Debt Fund Affiliate Lender ” shall mean a Lender that is an Affiliate of the Borrower that is primarily engaged in, or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in, making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit or securities in the ordinary course and for which no personnel making investment decisions in respect of any equity fund which has a direct or indirect equity investment in Holdings, the Borrower or the Subsidiaries has the right to make any investment decisions.

Debt Service ” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis for any period, Cash Interest Expense of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period plus scheduled principal amortization of Consolidated Debt of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period.

Debtor Relief Laws ” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

 

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Declined Proceeds ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(f).

Default ” shall mean any event or condition which, but for the giving of notice, lapse of time or both would constitute an Event of Default.

Defaulting Lender ” shall mean, subject to Section 2.22, any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations, or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder ( provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; provided , that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States of America or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.22) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, each L/C Issuer and each Lender.

Deplanements ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualifying Acts of Terrorism.”

Designated Non-Cash Consideration ” shall mean the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or cash equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration.

Discount Range ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(h)(ii).

 

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Discounted Prepayment Option Notice ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(h)(ii).

Discounted Voluntary Prepayment ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(h)(i).

Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(h)(v).

Disinterested Director ” shall mean, with respect to any person and transaction, a member of the Board of Directors of such person who does not have any material direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect to such transaction.

Disqualification ” shall mean, with respect to any Lender:

(a) the failure of that person timely to file pursuant to applicable Gaming Laws:

(i) any application requested of that person by any Gaming Authority in connection with any licensing required of that person as a lender to the Borrower; or

(ii) any required application or other papers in connection with determination of the suitability of that person as a lender to the Borrower;

(b) the withdrawal by that person (except where requested or permitted by the Gaming Authority) of any such application or other required papers;

(c) any finding by a Gaming Authority that there is reasonable cause to believe that such person may be found unqualified or unsuitable; or

(d) any final determination by a Gaming Authority pursuant to applicable Gaming Laws:

(i) that such person is “unsuitable” as a lender to the Borrower;

(ii) that such person shall be “disqualified” as a lender to the Borrower; or

(iii) denying the issuance to that person of any license or other approval required under applicable Gaming Laws to be held by all lenders to the Borrower.

Disqualified Holder ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.22(c).

Disqualified Stock ” shall mean, with respect to any person, any Equity Interests of such person that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is redeemable or exchangeable), or upon the happening of

 

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any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Loan Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash or (d) at the option of the holders thereof, is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Stock, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the earlier of (x) the latest Term Facility Maturity Date in effect on the date of issuance and (y) the date on which the Loans and all other Loan Obligations that are accrued and payable are repaid in full and the Commitments are terminated; provided , however , that only the portion of the Equity Interests that so mature or are mandatorily redeemable, are so convertible or exchangeable or are so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided further , however , that if such Equity Interests are issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because they may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability; provided further , however , that any class of Equity Interests of such person that by its terms authorizes such person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.

Dollar Equivalent ” shall mean, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any currency other than Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the applicable date of determination) for the purchase of Dollars with such currency.

Dollars ” or “ $ ” shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.

Domestic Subsidiary ” shall mean any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.

EBITDA ” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period plus (a) the sum of (in each case without duplication and to the extent the respective amounts described in subclauses (i) through (xi) of this clause (a) otherwise reduced such Consolidated Net Income for the respective period for which EBITDA is being determined):

(i) provision for Taxes based on income, profits or capital of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period, including, without limitation, state, franchise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes (including penalties and interest related to taxes or arising from tax examinations),

 

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(ii) Interest Expense (and to the extent not included in Interest Expense, (x) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of preferred stock or Disqualified Stock and (y) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities) of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period (net of interest income of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period),

(iii) depreciation and amortization expenses of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period including, without limitation, the amortization of intangible assets, deferred financing fees and Capitalized Software Expenditures and amortization of unrecognized prior service costs and actuarial gains and losses related to pensions and other post-employment benefits,

(iv) any expenses or charges (other than depreciation or amortization expense as described in the preceding clause (iii)) related to any issuance of Equity Interests, Investment, acquisition, New Project, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence, modification or repayment of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including (w) such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes and this Agreement, (x) any amendment or other modification of the Obligations or other Indebtedness, (y) any “additional interest” with respect to the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes and (z) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Permitted Receivables Financing,

(v) business optimization expenses and other restructuring charges or reserves (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include, without limitation, the effect of inventory optimization programs, facility closure, facility consolidations, retention, severance, systems establishment costs, contract termination costs, future lease commitments and excess pension charges) and, in each case, expected to be achieved, completed or realized within 24 months, in the good faith determination of the Borrower,

(vi) any other non-cash charges; provided , that, for purposes of this subclause (vi) of this clause (a), any non-cash charges or losses shall be treated as cash charges or losses in any subsequent period during which cash disbursements attributable thereto are made (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period),

(vii) the amount of management, consulting, monitoring, transaction and advisory fees and related expenses paid in accordance with Section 6.07 (or any accruals related to such fees and related expenses) during such period,

(viii) the amount of loss on sale of receivables and related assets to a Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing,

(ix) any costs or expense incurred pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of any Loan Party solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation of the Cumulative Credit,

 

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(x) any deductions (less any additions) attributable to minority interests except, in each case, to the extent of cash paid or received, and

(xi) Pre-Opening Expenses,

minus (b) the sum of (without duplication and to the extent the amounts described in this clause (b) increased such Consolidated Net Income for the respective period for which EBITDA is being determined) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period (but excluding any such items (A) in respect of which cash was received in a prior period or will be received in a future period or (B) which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges that reduced EBITDA in any prior period).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein and subject to adjustments permitted hereunder with respect to acquisitions, dispositions and other transactions occurring following the Closing Date and/or pursuant to the definition of “Pro Forma Basis,” for purposes of determining EBITDA under this Agreement, EBITDA of The Quad in respect of each fiscal quarter until (and including) the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2015 will be deemed to be equal to the greater of (i) $17.0 million for such fiscal quarter and (ii) actual EBITDA of The Quad for such fiscal quarter.

Economic Sanctions Laws ” shall mean (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. §§ 5(b) and 16, as amended), the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, (50 U.S.C. §§ 1701-1706, as amended), Executive Order 13224 (effective September 24, 2001), as amended from time to time and any successor thereto, and the regulations administered and enforced by OFAC and (ii) any and all other laws, judgments, orders, executive orders, decrees, ordinances, rules, regulations, statutes, case law or treaties applicable to a Loan Party, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates relating to economic sanctions and terrorism financing.

Embargoed Person ” shall mean (i) any country or territory that is the subject of a comprehensive sanctions program administered by OFAC, Syria, and North Korea or (ii) any person that (x) is publicly identified on the most current list of “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” published by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“ OFAC ”) or (y) resides, is organized or chartered, or has a place of business in a country or territory that is the subject of a comprehensive sanctions program administered by OFAC. As of the Closing Date, comprehensive sanctions programs administered by OFAC are the Iran, Sudan, and Cuba sanctions programs.

environment ” shall mean ambient and indoor air, surface water and groundwater (including potable water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata, natural resources such as flora and fauna, the workplace or as otherwise defined in any Environmental Law.

Environmental Laws ” shall mean all applicable laws (including common law), rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees or judgments, promulgated or entered into

 

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by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the generation, management, Release or threatened Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Material or to human health and safety matters (to the extent relating to the environment or Hazardous Materials).

Equity Financing ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.03(i).

Equity Interests ” of any person shall mean any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase or otherwise acquire, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity or ownership of such person, including any preferred stock, any limited or general partnership interest and any limited liability company membership interest, and any securities or other rights or interests convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing.

ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended from time to time and any final regulations promulgated and the rulings issued thereunder.

ERISA Affiliate ” shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code, or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

ERISA Event ” shall mean (a) any Reportable Event or the requirements of Section 4043(b) of ERISA apply with respect to a Plan; (b) with respect to any Plan, the failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (d) the incurrence by Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) the receipt by Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (f) the incurrence by Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (g) the receipt by Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the impending imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or in “endangered” or “critical” status, within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; (h) the conditions for imposition of a lien under Section 303(k) of ERISA shall have been met with respect to any Plan; (i) with respect to a Plan, the provision of security pursuant to Section 206(g) of ERISA; or (j) the withdrawal of Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any

 

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ERISA Affiliate from a Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA.

Escrow Account ” shall mean the escrow account established with the Escrow Agent pursuant to the Escrow Agreement.

Escrow Account Funds ” shall mean all cash, securities and other property held in or credited to the Escrow Account.

Escrow Agent ” shall mean U.S. Bank National Association.

Escrow Agreement ” shall mean the Escrow Agreement dated as of the Closing Date among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Escrow Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit R.

Escrow Collateral ” shall mean “Collateral” as defined in the Escrow Agreement.

Escrow End Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(d).

Escrow Prepayment Amount ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(d).

Escrow Prepayment Date ” shall mean a date selected by the Borrower that is no later than five (5) Business Days after the Escrow End Date.

Escrow Release Conditions ” shall mean, collectively, the conditions set forth in Section 4.03.

Escrow Release Date ” shall mean the date on which the conditions set forth in Section 4.03 are satisfied and the proceeds of the Term Loan are released from the Escrow Account to the Borrower.

Eurocurrency Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Eurocurrency Loans.

Eurocurrency Loan ” shall mean any Eurocurrency Term Loan or Eurocurrency Revolving Loan.

Eurocurrency Rate ” shall mean, for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurocurrency Loan, the rate per annum equal to the Intercontinental Exchange Benchmark Administration Ltd. LIBOR (“ ICE LIBOR ”), as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing quotations of ICE LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for deposits in the relevant currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period. If such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “Eurocurrency Rate” for such Interest Period

 

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shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in the relevant currency for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Loan being made, continued or converted by the Administrative Agent and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by the Administrative Agent’s London Branch (or other branch or Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) to major banks in the London or other offshore interbank market for such currency at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.

Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Eurocurrency Revolving Loans.

Eurocurrency Revolving Loan ” shall mean any Revolving Facility Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.

Eurocurrency Term Loan ” shall mean any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.

Event of Default ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.

Excess Cash Flow ” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis for any Applicable Period, EBITDA of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis for such Applicable Period, minus , without duplication, (A):

(a) Debt Service for such Applicable Period,

(b) the amount of any voluntary prepayment permitted hereunder of term Indebtedness during such Applicable Period (other than any voluntary prepayment of the Loans, which shall be the subject of Section 2.11(c)) and the amount of any voluntary prepayments of revolving Indebtedness to the extent accompanied by permanent reductions of any revolving facility commitments during such Applicable Period, so long as the amount of such prepayment is not already reflected in Debt Service,

(c) (i) Capital Expenditures or New Project expenditures by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis during such Applicable Period that are paid in cash and (ii) the aggregate consideration paid in cash during the Applicable Period in respect of Permitted Business Acquisitions and other Investments permitted hereunder less any amounts received in respect thereof as a return of capital,

(d) Capital Expenditures, Permitted Business Acquisitions, New Project expenditures or other permitted Investments that the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall, during such Applicable Period, become obligated to make or otherwise anticipated to make payments with respect thereto but that are not made during such Applicable Period; provided , that (i) the Borrower shall deliver a certificate to the Administrative Agent not later than 90 days after the end of such Applicable Period, signed by a Responsible

 

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Officer of the Borrower and certifying that payments in respect of such Capital Expenditures and the delivery of the related equipment or Permitted Business Acquisitions, New Project expenditures or other permitted Investments are expected to be made in the following Applicable Period, and (ii) any amount so deducted shall not be deducted again in a subsequent Applicable Period,

(e) Taxes paid in cash by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis during such Applicable Period or that will be paid within six months after the close of such Applicable Period; provided , that with respect to any such amounts to be paid after the close of such Applicable Period, (i) any amount so deducted shall not be deducted again in a subsequent Applicable Period, and (ii) appropriate reserves shall have been established in accordance with GAAP,

(f) an amount equal to any increase in Working Capital of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such Applicable Period,

(g) cash expenditures made in respect of Swap Agreements during such Applicable Period, to the extent not reflected in the computation of EBITDA or Interest Expense,

(h) permitted Restricted Payments made in cash by the Borrower during such Applicable Period and permitted Restricted Payments made by any Subsidiary to any person other than the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries during such Applicable Period, in each case in accordance with Section 6.06 (other than Section 6.06(e), except to the extent such Restricted Payments were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Borrower or any Subsidiary),

(i) amounts paid in cash during such Applicable Period on account of (A) items that were accounted for as non-cash reductions of Net Income in determining Consolidated Net Income or as non-cash reductions of Consolidated Net Income in determining EBITDA of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in a prior Applicable Period and (B) reserves or accruals established in purchase accounting,

(j) to the extent not deducted in the computation of Net Proceeds in respect of any asset disposition or condemnation giving rise thereto, the amount of any mandatory prepayment of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness created hereunder or under any other Loan Document), together with any interest, premium or penalties required to be paid (and actually paid) in connection therewith, and

(k) the amount related to items that were added to or not deducted from Net Income in calculating Consolidated Net Income or were added to or not deducted from Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA to the extent such items represented a cash payment (which had not reduced Excess Cash Flow upon the accrual thereof in a prior Applicable Period), or an accrual for a cash payment, by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries or did not represent cash received by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, in each case on a combined or consolidated basis during such Applicable Period,

 

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plus , without duplication, (B):

(l) an amount equal to any decrease in Working Capital for such Applicable Period,

(m) all amounts referred to in clauses (A)(b), (A)(c) and (A)(d) above to the extent funded with the proceeds of the issuance or the incurrence of Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations and purchase money Indebtedness, but excluding proceeds of extensions of credit under any revolving credit facility), the sale or issuance of any Equity Interests (including any capital contributions) and any loss, damage, destruction or condemnation of, or any sale, transfer or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback of assets and any mortgage or lease of Real Property) to any person of any asset or assets, in each case to the extent there is a corresponding deduction from Excess Cash Flow above,

(n) to the extent any permitted Capital Expenditures referred to in clause (A)(d) above and the delivery of the related equipment do not occur in the following Applicable Period of the Borrower specified in the certificate of the Borrower provided pursuant to clause (A)(d) above, the amount of such Capital Expenditures that were not so made in such following Applicable Period,

(o) cash payments received in respect of Swap Agreements during such Applicable Period to the extent (i) not included in the computation of EBITDA or (ii) such payments do not reduce Cash Interest Expense,

(p) any extraordinary or nonrecurring gain realized in cash during such Applicable Period (except to the extent such gain consists of Net Proceeds subject to Section 2.11(b)),

(q) to the extent deducted in the computation of EBITDA, cash interest income, and

(r) the amount related to items that were deducted from or not added to Net Income in connection with calculating Consolidated Net Income or were deducted from or not added to Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA to the extent either (i) such items represented cash received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (ii) such items do not represent cash paid by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case on a combined or consolidated basis during such Applicable Period.

Excess Cash Flow Period ” shall mean each fiscal year of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal year of the Borrower ending on December 31, 2015.

Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Excluded Contributions ” shall mean the cash or other assets (valued at their fair market value as determined by the Borrower in good faith) received by the Borrower after the Escrow Release Date from: (a) contributions to its common Equity Interests, and (b) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Borrower or to any Subsidiary management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement) of Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower, in each case designated at the time of or promptly after such contribution as Excluded Contributions pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower .

 

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Excluded Indebtedness ” shall mean all Indebtedness not incurred in violation of Section 6.01.

Excluded Property ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.10(g).

Excluded Securities ” shall mean any of the following:

(a) any Equity Interests or Indebtedness with respect to which the Collateral Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree that the cost or other consequences of pledging such Equity Interests or Indebtedness in favor of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents are likely to be excessive in relation to the value to be afforded thereby;

(b) in the case of any pledge of voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO (in each case, that is owned directly by a Loan Party) to secure the Obligations, any voting Equity Interest of such Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO in excess of 65% of the outstanding Equity Interests of such class;

(c) any Equity Interests or Indebtedness to the extent and for so long as the pledge thereof would not be effective under, or would be prohibited by, any Requirement of Law (including any Gaming Laws);

(d) any Equity Interests of any person that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary to the extent (A) that a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations is prohibited by (i) any applicable organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement or (ii) any other contractual obligation with an unaffiliated third party not in violation of Section 6.09(c) (other than, in this subclause (A)(ii), non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable Requirements of Law), (B) any organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement (or other contractual obligation referred to in subclause (A)(ii) above) prohibits such a pledge without the consent of any other party; provided , that this clause (B) shall not apply if (1) such other party is a Loan Party or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or (2) consent has been obtained to consummate such pledge (it being understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed to obligate the Borrower or any Subsidiary to obtain any such consent) and for so long as such organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement or replacement or renewal thereof is in effect, or (C) a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations would give any other party (other than a Loan Party or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) to any organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement governing such Equity Interests (or other contractual obligation referred to in subclause (A)(ii) above) the right to terminate its obligations thereunder (other than, in the case of other contractual obligations referred to in subclause (A)(ii), non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable Requirement of Law);

 

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(e) any Equity Interests of any Immaterial Subsidiary, any Unrestricted Subsidiary and any Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary;

(f) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of, or other Equity Interests owned by, a Foreign Subsidiary;

(g) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary to the extent that the pledge of such Equity Interests could reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower or any Subsidiary as reasonably determined in good faith by the Borrower;

(h) any Margin Stock; and

(j) (x) any Equity Interests owned by Holdings, other than Equity Interests in the Borrower and (y) any Indebtedness owned by Holdings.

Excluded Subsidiary ” shall mean any of the following (except as otherwise provided in clause (b) of the definition of Subsidiary Loan Party):

(a) each Immaterial Subsidiary,

(b) each Domestic Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (for so long as such Subsidiary remains a non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary),

(c) each Domestic Subsidiary that is prohibited from guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure the Obligations by any Requirement of Law (including Gaming Law) or that would require consent, approval, license or authorization of a Governmental Authority to guarantee or grant Liens to secure the Obligations (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received),

(d) each Domestic Subsidiary that is prohibited by any applicable contractual requirement from guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure the Obligations on the Closing Date or at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary not in violation of Section 6.09(c) (and for so long as such restriction or any replacement or renewal thereof is in effect),

(e) any Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary and any Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary,

(f) any Foreign Subsidiary,

(g) any Domestic Subsidiary (i) that is an FSHCO or (ii) that is a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary,

(h) any other Domestic Subsidiary with respect to which, (x) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree that the cost or other consequences of providing a Guarantee of or granting Liens to secure the Obligations are likely to be excessive in relation to the value to be afforded thereby or (y) providing such a Guarantee or granting such Liens could reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences as determined in good faith by the Borrower, and

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Excluded Swap Obligation ” shall mean, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guarantee of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation, unless otherwise agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

Excluded Taxes ” shall mean, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any Loan Party under any Loan Document, (a) income or franchise Taxes imposed on (or measured by) such recipient’s net income by a jurisdiction as a result of such recipient being organized in, having its principal office in or, in the case of any Lender, having its applicable lending office in, such jurisdiction or as a result of any other present or former connection with such jurisdiction (other than any connection arising solely from such recipient having executed, delivered, enforced, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to, and/or enforced, any Loan Documents) and, for the avoidance of doubt, including any backup withholding in respect of such a tax under Section 3466 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law), (b) any branch profits Tax under Section 884(a) of the Code, or any similar Tax, that is imposed by any jurisdiction described in clause (a) above, (c) in the case of a Lender (other than an assignee selected by the Borrower pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.19(b)), any withholding tax imposed by the United States federal government that is imposed on amounts payable to such Lender pursuant to laws in effect at the time such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), except to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from a Loan Party with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.17, (d) any withholding tax attributable to a Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.17(e), (f), (g), or (i) or the Administrative Agent’s failure to comply with Section 2.17(l), and (e) any Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.

Existing Class Loans ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.08(f).

Existing Debt Documents ” shall mean (i) the Amended & Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2012, by and among Caesars Entertainment Corporation,

 

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Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc., as Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent; (ii) the Indenture, dated as of December 24, 2008, by and among Harrah’s Operating Company, Inc., Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, relating to the 10.00% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2018 and 10.00% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2015, (iii) the Indenture, dated as of April 15, 2009, by and among Harrah’s Operating Company, Inc., Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and collateral agent relating to the 10.00% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2018; (iv) the Indenture, dated as of June 10, 2009, by and among Harrah’s Operating Escrow LLC, Harrah’s Escrow Corporation, Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, relating to the 11.25% Senior Secured Notes due 2017; (v) the Indenture, dated as of April 16, 2010, by and among Harrah’s Operating Escrow LLC, Harrah’s Escrow Corporation, Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, relating to the 12.75% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2018; (vi) the Indenture, dated as of February 14, 2012, by and among Caesars Operating Escrow LLC, Caesars Escrow Corporation, Caesars Entertainment Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, relating to the 8.5% Senior Secured Notes due 2020; (vii) the Indenture, dated as of August 22, 2012, by and among Caesars Operating Escrow, LLC, Caesars Escrow Corporation, Caesars Entertainment Corporation, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, relating to the 9% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 and (viii) the Indenture, dated as of February 15, 2013, by and among Caesars Operating Escrow LLC, Caesars Escrow Corporation, Caesars Entertainment Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, relating to the 9% Senior Secured Notes due 2020.

Existing Letters of Credit ” shall mean those letters of credit issued and outstanding as of the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 1.01(B) .

Existing PH Facility ” shall mean the Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of February 19, 2010, between PHW Las Vegas LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp. Commercial Mortgages Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-TFL2L (the “ PH Lender ”), as amended and supplemented by that certain Assumption Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2013, among PHW Las Vegas LLC, PHWLC, LLC, CEC, CGP and the PH Lender, outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of the Transactions on the Escrow Release Date.

Extended Revolving Facility Commitment ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(e).

Extended Term Loan ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(e).

Extending Lender ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(e).

Extension ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(e).

Facility ” shall mean the respective facility and commitments utilized in making Loans and credit extensions hereunder, it being understood that as of the Closing Date there are

 

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two Facilities, i.e ., the Term B Facility and the Revolving Facility Commitments established on the Closing Date and the extensions of credit thereunder, and thereafter, the term “Facility” may include any Incremental Term Facility and any Revolving Facility consisting of Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments.

FATCA ” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (and any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, or other official governmental interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into or applicable pursuant to current Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code (or any amended or successor version described above) or any intergovernmental agreement (or related law or official administrative guidance) implementing the foregoing.

Federal Funds Rate ” shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided , that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate of quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

Fee Letter ” shall mean that certain Fee Letter, dated as of March 1, 2014, as amended, by and among Holdings, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, Credit Suisse Securities (USA), LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, Deutsche Bank AG Cayman Islands Branch, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., UBS AG, Stamford Branch and UBS Securities LLC.

Fees ” shall mean the Commitment Fees, the L/C Participation Fees, the L/C Issuer Fees, the Administrative Agent Fees and the Closing Fees.

FinanceCo ” shall mean Caesars Growth Properties Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

Financial Officer ” of any person shall mean the Chief Financial Officer, principal accounting officer, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or Controller of such person.

Financial Performance Covenant ” shall mean the covenant of the Borrower set forth in Section 6.10.

First Lien Intercreditor Agreement ” shall mean the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit P , as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

First Lien Notes ” shall mean (i) any Future First Lien Notes and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in respect thereof.

 

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First Lien Obligations ” shall mean the Obligations and the Other First Lien Obligations.

First Lien Secured Parties ” shall mean the Secured Parties and the Other First Lien Secured Parties.

Flood Insurance Laws ” shall mean, collectively, (i) National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (iii) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.

Foreign Lender ” shall mean any Lender (a) that is not disregarded as separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes and that is not a “United States Person” as defined by Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or (b) that is disregarded as separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes and whose regarded owner is not a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

Foreign Subsidiary ” shall mean any Subsidiary that is incorporated or organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

Fronting Exposure ” shall mean, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender under any Revolving Facility, with respect to the L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations under such Revolving Facility other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.

FSHCO ” shall mean any Subsidiary that owns no material assets other than the Equity Interests of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs and/or of one or more FSHCOs.

Funds ” shall mean the persons referred to in clauses (ii) through (iv) of the definition of the term “Sponsors.”

Future First Lien Notes ” shall mean senior secured loans or notes of the Borrower (which notes or loans may either be secured by a first priority Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu with the Lien securing the Obligations or may be secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Lien on the Collateral securing the Obligations) incurred after the Closing Date (a) the terms of which do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to the latest Term B Facility Maturity Date in effect on the date of incurrence (other than customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default), (b) the covenants, events of default, guarantees, collateral and other terms of which (other than interest rates, fees, floors, funding discounts and redemption or prepayment premiums), taken as a whole, are not more restrictive to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries than those set forth in this Agreement; provided that a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower delivered to the

 

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Administrative Agent in good faith at least three Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement and (c) of which no Subsidiary of the Borrower is a borrower or guarantor other than any Subsidiary Loan Party. Notes issued by the Borrower in exchange for any Future First Lien Notes in accordance with the terms of a registration rights agreement entered into in connection with the issuance of such Future First Lien Notes shall also be considered Future First Lien Notes.

GAAP ” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in the United States, applied on a consistent basis, subject to the provisions of Section 1.02; provided that any reference to the application of GAAP in Sections 3.13(b), 3.20, 5.03, 5.07 and 6.02(e) to a Foreign Subsidiary (and not as a consolidated Subsidiary of the Borrower) shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in the jurisdiction of organization of such Foreign Subsidiary.

Gaming Authority ” shall mean, in any jurisdiction in which the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries manages or conducts any casino, gaming business or activities, the applicable gaming board, commission, or other governmental gaming regulatory body or agency which (a) has, or may at any time after the Closing Date have, jurisdiction over the gaming activities at the Borrower’s or its subsidiaries’ properties or any successor to such authority or (b) is, or may at any time after the Closing Date be, responsible for interpreting, administering and enforcing the Gaming Laws.

Gaming Laws ” shall mean all applicable constitutions, treaties, laws, rules, agreements, regulations and orders and statutes pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulatory, licensing or permit authority over gaming, gambling or casino activities and all rules, rulings, orders, ordinances, regulations of any Gaming Authority applicable to the gambling, casino, gaming businesses or activities of the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries in any jurisdiction, as in effect from time to time, including the policies, interpretations and administration thereof by the Gaming Authorities.

Global Intercompany Note ” shall mean a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit K , evidencing Indebtedness owed among Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries.

Governmental Authority ” shall mean any federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory or legislative body.

Guarantee ” of or by any person (the “ guarantor ”) shall mean (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation payable or performable by another person (the “ primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or

 

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other obligation of the payment thereof, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the holders of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such holders against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of the guarantor securing any Indebtedness (or any existing right, contingent or otherwise, of the holder of Indebtedness to be secured by such a Lien) of any other person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by the guarantor; provided , however , the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by such person in good faith.

guarantor ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Guarantee.”

Guarantor ” shall mean each of the Loan Parties other than the Borrower.

Harrah’s New Orleans Entities ” shall mean, collectively, (i) JCC Holding and (ii) Jazz Casino Company, L.L.C. and JCC Fulton Development, L.L.C., each, in the case of this clause (ii), a Louisiana limited liability company.

Hazardous Materials ” shall mean all pollutants, contaminants, wastes, chemicals, materials, substances and constituents, including, without limitation, explosive or radioactive substances or petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls or radon gas, of any nature subject to regulation or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law.

Hedge Bank ” shall mean any person that is (or an Affiliate thereof is) an Agent, a Co-Lead Arranger or a Lender on the Closing Date (or any person that becomes an Agent, Co-Lead Arranger or Lender or Affiliate thereof after the Closing Date) and that enters into a Swap Agreement, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Swap Agreement.

Holdings ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement ” shall mean the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement (First Lien) substantially in the form of Exhibit O , dated and effective as of the Escrow Release Date, between Holdings and the Collateral Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

Honor Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(c)(i).

 

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ICE LIBOR ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate.”

Immaterial Subsidiary ” shall mean any Subsidiary that (a) did not, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower most recently ended for which financial statements have been (or were required to be) delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b), have assets with a value in excess of 1.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 1.0% of total revenues of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis as of such date and (b) taken together with all Immaterial Subsidiaries as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower most recently ended, did not have assets with a value in excess of 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 5.0% of total revenues of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis as of such date; provided , that the Borrower may elect in its sole discretion to exclude as an Immaterial Subsidiary any Subsidiary that would otherwise meet the definition thereof.

Increased Amount ” of any Indebtedness shall mean any increase in the amount of such Indebtedness in connection with any accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness or in the form of common stock of the Borrower, the accretion of original issue discount or liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies.

Increased Amount Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a).

Incremental Amount ” shall mean, at any time, the sum of

(1) the excess, if any, of (a) $300.0 million over (b) the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments established after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.21 utilizing this clause (1) (other than Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments in respect of Refinancing Term Loans, Extended Term Loans, Extended Revolving Facility Commitments or Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments, respectively) plus (y) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Section 6.01(ee) at such time incurred utilizing this clause (1); plus

(2) any additional amounts so long as immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of Incremental Loans or Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(ee), as applicable, and the use of proceeds thereof, (a) in the case of Incremental Loans or Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(ee), in each case, that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu in right of security with the Term B Loans or the Initial Revolving Loans, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is not greater than 4.25 to 1.00, (b) in the case of Incremental Loans or Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(ee), in each case, that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is junior in right of security to the Term B Loans and the Initial Revolving Loans, the Total Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is not greater than 6.25 to 1.00 and (c) in

 

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the case of Incremental Loans or Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(ee), in each case, that is unsecured Indebtedness or is Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties that is secured solely by assets of Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, the Interest Coverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is at least 2.00 to 1.00; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness incurred by Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties under this clause (c) together with Section 6.01(ee) shall not exceed the greater of $100.0 million and 4.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b); provided , that, for purposes of this clause (2), (A) all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(r)(i)(x) outstanding at such time shall be included in the calculation of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio at such time, all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(r)(i)(y) outstanding at such time shall be included in the calculation of the Total Secured Leverage Ratio at such time, and all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(r)(i)(z) outstanding at such time shall be included in the calculation of the Interest Coverage Ratio at such time, (B) the Net Proceeds of Incremental Loans or Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Sections 6.01(r) and 6.01(ee) at such time shall not be netted for purposes of such calculation of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio and the Total Secured Leverage Ratio, as applicable, at such time and (C) with respect to the establishment of an Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment, such facility shall be deemed to be fully drawn on the effective date thereof for purposes of such calculation of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio and the Total Secured Leverage Ratio, as applicable, at such time.

Incremental Assumption Agreement ” shall mean an Incremental Assumption Agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and one or more Incremental Term Lenders and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Lenders entered into pursuant to Section 2.21.

Incremental Loans ” shall mean any Loans made by one or more Lenders to the Borrower under an Incremental Term Facility or a Revolving Facility consisting of Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments.

Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment ” shall mean any increased or incremental Revolving Facility Commitment provided pursuant to Section 2.21.

Incremental Revolving Facility Lender ” shall mean a Lender with a Revolving Facility Commitment or an outstanding Revolving Facility Loan as a result of an Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment.

Incremental Term Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Incremental Term Loans.

Incremental Term Facility ” shall mean any Class of Incremental Term Loan Commitments and the Incremental Term Loans made hereunder.

Incremental Term Facility Maturity Date ” shall mean, with respect to any Class of Incremental Term Loans established pursuant to an Incremental Assumption Agreement, the maturity date for such Class as set forth in such Incremental Assumption Agreement.

 

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Incremental Term Lender ” shall mean a Lender with an Incremental Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Incremental Term Loan.

Incremental Term Loan Commitment ” shall mean the commitment of any Lender, established pursuant to Section 2.21, to make Incremental Term Loans to the Borrower.

Incremental Term Loan Installment Date ” shall have, with respect to any Class of Incremental Term Loans established pursuant to an Incremental Assumption Agreement, the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(a)(ii).

Incremental Term Loans ” shall mean Term Loans made by one or more Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(c). Incremental Term Loans may be made in the form of additional Term B Loans or, to the extent permitted by Section 2.21 and provided for in the relevant Incremental Assumption Agreement, Other Term Loans (including in the form of Extended Term Loans or Refinancing Term Loans, as applicable).

Indebtedness ” of any person shall mean, if and to the extent (other than with respect to clause (h) below) the same would constitute indebtedness or a liability in accordance with GAAP, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than such obligations accrued in the ordinary course), to the extent the same would be required to be shown as a long-term liability on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, (d) all Capital Lease Obligations of such person, (e) all net payments that such person would have to make in the event of an early termination, on the date Indebtedness of such person is being determined, in respect of outstanding Swap Agreements, (f) the principal component of all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such person as an account party in respect of letters of credit, (g) the principal component of all obligations of such person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, (h) all Guarantees by such person of Indebtedness described in clauses (a) to (g) above and (i) the amount of all obligations of such person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock (excluding accrued dividends that have not increased the liquidation preference of such Disqualified Stock); provided , that Indebtedness shall not include (A) trade and other ordinary course payables, accrued expenses and intercompany liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business, (B) prepaid or deferred revenue arising in the ordinary course of business, (C) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase prices of an asset to satisfy unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset or (D) earn-out obligations until such obligations become a liability on the balance sheet of such person in accordance with GAAP. The Indebtedness of any person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such person is a general partner, other than to the extent that the instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness expressly limits the liability of such person in respect thereof. To the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness shall include the amount of any Receivables Net Investment.

Indemnified Taxes ” shall mean all Taxes imposed on or with respect to or measured by any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document other than Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes.

 

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Indemnitee ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(b).

Ineligible Institution ” shall mean the persons identified as “Disqualified Lenders” in writing to the Co-Lead Arrangers by Holdings or the Borrower on or prior to the Closing Date, and bona fide competitors of the Borrower as may be identified in writing to the Administrative Agent by Holdings or the Borrower from time to time after the Closing Date, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), by delivery of a notice thereof to the Administrative Agent setting forth such person or persons (or the person or persons previously identified to the Administrative Agent that are to be no longer considered “Ineligible Institutions”).

Information ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.14(a).

Information Memorandum ” shall mean the Confidential Information Memorandum dated March, 2014, as modified or supplemented prior to the Closing Date.

Initial Revolving Loan ” shall mean a Revolving Facility Loan made (i) pursuant to the Revolving Facility Commitments in effect on the Closing Date (as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with this Agreement) or (ii) pursuant to any Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment on the same terms as the Revolving Facility Loans referred to in clause (i) of this definition.

Intellectual Property Right ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.22.

Interest Coverage Ratio ” shall mean, on any date, the ratio of (a) EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended as of such date to (b) Interest Expense (other than Interest Expense in respect of Qualified Non-Recourse Debt) for such Test Period, all determined on a combined or consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided , that the Interest Coverage Ratio shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis; provided , further , however , that for purposes of calculating the Interest Coverage Ratio from and after any Covenant Resumption Date, (i) EBITDA for the fiscal quarter in which the relevant Qualifying Act of Terrorism shall have occurred, (ii) EBITDA for any fiscal quarter following such quarter referred to in clause (i) in which a Material Disruption existed and (iii) EBITDA for the next succeeding fiscal quarter after the latest quarter to occur of any quarter referred to in clause (i) or (ii) shall, in each case, be the greater of (1) Substituted EBITDA and (2) actual EBITDA for such quarter. For the purposes of the foregoing, “ Substituted EBITDA ” shall mean the EBITDA for the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the fiscal quarter referred to in clause (i) of the previous sentence, in each case subject to customary seasonal adjustments (as determined in good faith by the Borrower and set forth in a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent).

Interest Election Request ” shall mean a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Term Borrowing or Revolving Facility Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07.

Interest Expense ” shall mean, with respect to any person for any period, the sum of (a) gross interest expense of such person for such period on a combined or consolidated basis, including (i) the amortization of debt discounts, (ii) the amortization of all fees (including fees

 

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with respect to Swap Agreements) payable in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness to the extent included in interest expense and (iii) the portion of any payments or accruals with respect to Capital Lease Obligations allocable to interest expense, (b) capitalized interest of such person, and (c) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges incurred in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing which are payable to any person other than a Loan Party. For purposes of the foregoing, gross interest expense shall be determined after giving effect to any net payments made or received and costs incurred by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries with respect to Swap Agreements, and interest on a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.

Interest Payment Date ” shall mean, (a) as to any Loan other than an ABR Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the scheduled maturity date of such Loan; provided , however , that if any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any ABR Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the scheduled maturity date of such Loan.

Interest Period ” shall mean, as to each Eurocurrency Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurocurrency Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months (or twelve months if agreed to by each applicable Lender or such period of shorter than one month as may be consented to by the Administrative Agent) thereafter, as selected by the Borrower; provided that:

(a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;

(b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and

(c) no Interest Period for any Loan shall extend beyond the maturity date of such Loan.

Interest shall accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such Interest Period.

Interim Loan Facility ” shall mean one or more term loan facilities of Borrower and Guaranteed by Holdings and any Subsidiary entered into prior to the Escrow Release Date the proceeds of which are used to purchase a portion of the Purchased Properties; provided that all Indebtedness in respect of any such facility shall be repaid in full, and all documents governing all Liens securing such Indebtedness shall be released and terminated (together with any filings made in connection therewith), on or prior to the Escrow Release Date.

Investment ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.

 

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ISP ” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

Issuer Documents ” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the L/C Issuer and the Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of the L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.

JCC Holding ” shall mean JCC Holding Company II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Judgment Currency ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.19.

Junior Financing ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.09(b).

L/C Advance ” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Revolving Facility Percentage under the applicable Revolving Facility. All L/C Advances shall be denominated in Dollars or other currency other than Dollars as may be acceptable to the Administrative Agent and each L/C Issuer in their sole discretion.

L/C Borrowing ” shall mean an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as an ABR Revolving Loan. All L/C Borrowings shall be denominated in Dollars or other currency other than Dollars as may be acceptable to the Administrative Agent and each L/C Issuer in their sole discretion.

L/C Credit Extension ” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.

L/C Issuer ” shall mean (i) each of Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, Citicorp North America, Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch and (ii) each other L/C Issuer designated pursuant to Section 2.05(k), in each case in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 8.09; provided that, in the case of any Existing Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer with respect thereto shall be as is indicated on Schedule 1.01(B) ; provided further that neither Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch nor Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch shall be an L/C Issuer for purposes of commercial letters of credit. An L/C Issuer may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such L/C Issuer, in which case the term “L/C Issuer” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate. In the event that there is more than one L/C Issuer at any time, references herein and in the other Loan Documents to the L/C Issuer shall be deemed to refer to the L/C Issuer in respect of the applicable Letter of Credit or to all L/C Issuers, as the context requires.

 

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L/C Issuer Fees ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(b).

L/C Obligations ” shall mean, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

L/C Participation Fee ” shall have the meaning assigned such term in Section 2.12(b).

Lender ” shall mean each financial institution listed on Schedule 2.01 (other than any such person that has ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance in accordance with Section 9.04), as well as any person that becomes a “Lender” hereunder pursuant to Section 9.04 or Section 2.21.

Lender Participation Notice ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(h)(iii).

lending office ” shall mean, as to any Lender, the applicable branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender designated by such Lender to make Loans.

Letter of Credit ” or “ L/C ” shall mean any letter of credit issued hereunder and shall include the Existing Letters of Credit. A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of credit.

Letter of Credit Application ” shall mean an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the L/C Issuer.

Letter of Credit Commitment ” shall mean, with respect to each L/C Issuer, the commitment of such L/C Issuer to issue Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.05.

Letter of Credit Expiration Date ” shall mean, with respect to any Revolving Facility, the day that is five days prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date for such Revolving Facility then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).

Letter of Credit Sublimit ” shall mean the aggregate Letter of Credit Commitments of the L/C Issuers, in an amount not to exceed $50.0 million or such larger amount not to exceed the Revolving Facility Commitment as the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuers may agree. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Facility Commitments.

License Revocation ” shall mean the revocation, failure to renew or suspension of, or the appointment of a receiver, supervisor, conservator or similar official with respect to, any casino, gambling or gaming license issued by any Gaming Authority covering any casino or gaming facility of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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Lien ” shall mean, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothecation, pledge, charge, security interest or similar encumbrance in or on such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset; provided that in no event shall an operating lease or an agreement to sell be deemed to constitute a Lien.

Liquor Authorities ” shall mean, in any jurisdiction in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries sells and distributes liquor, the applicable alcoholic beverage commission or other Governmental Authority responsible for interpreting, administering and enforcing the Liquor Laws.

Liquor Laws ” shall mean the laws, rules, regulations and orders applicable to or involving the sale and distribution of liquor by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in any jurisdiction, as in effect from time to time, including the policies, interpretations and administration thereof by the applicable Liquor Authorities.

Loan Documents ” shall mean (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, (iii) the Security Documents, (iv) each Incremental Assumption Agreement, (v) any Note issued under Section 2.09(e), (vi) the Agent Fee Letter and (vii) solely for the purposes of Section 7.01 hereof, the Fee Letter; provided that for purposes of the expense reimbursement and indemnity provisions in Section 8.07 and Section 9.05 only, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and any agreements governing any First Lien Notes, in each case, if applicable, shall be deemed to be “ Loan Documents .”

Loan Obligations ” shall mean (a) the due and punctual payment by the Borrower of (i) the unpaid principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans made to the Borrower under this Agreement, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by the Borrower under this Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of reimbursement of disbursements, interest thereon (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and obligations to provide Cash Collateral and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Borrower owed under or pursuant to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, including obligations to pay fees, expense reimbursement obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), and (b) the due and punctual payment of all obligations of each other Loan Party under or pursuant to each of the Loan Documents.

 

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Loan Parties ” shall mean Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO of the Borrower), the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties.

Loans ” shall mean the Term Loans and the Revolving Facility Loans.

Local Time ” shall mean Las Vegas, Nevada local time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

Majority Lenders ” of any Facility shall mean, at any time, Lenders under such Facility having Loans and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of all Loans outstanding under such Facility and unused Commitments under such Facility at such time. The Loans, Commitments and Revolving Facility Credit Exposures of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Majority Lenders at any time.

Management Fee Contribution ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.07(b)(xiv).

Management Group ” shall mean the group consisting of the directors, executive officers and other management personnel of the Borrower any Parent Entity (including CEC) or the Subsidiaries, as the case may be, on the Closing Date together with (x) any new directors whose election by such boards of directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Borrower or any Parent Entity, as the case may be, was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of the Borrower or any Parent Entity, as the case may be, then still in office who were either directors on the Closing Date or whose election or nomination was previously so approved and (y) executive officers and other management personnel of the Borrower, any Parent Entity (including CEC) or the Subsidiaries, as the case may be, hired at a time when the directors on the Closing Date together with the directors so approved constituted a majority of the directors of the Borrower or Holdings, as the case may be.

Margin Stock ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.

Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean a material adverse effect on the business, property, operations or financial condition of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the validity or enforceability of any of the material Loan Documents or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder.

Material Disruption ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Qualifying Act of Terrorism.”

Material Indebtedness ” shall mean Indebtedness (other than Loans and Letters of Credit) of any one or more of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $50.0 million.

Material Subsidiary ” shall mean any Subsidiary other than Immaterial Subsidiaries.

Maximum Rate ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.

 

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Moody’s ” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Mortgaged Properties ” shall mean the Owned Real Properties owned or leased by any Loan Party that are set forth on Schedule 1.01(A) and each additional Owned Real Property encumbered by a Mortgage or Additional Mortgage pursuant to Section 5.10(c), 5.10(d), 5.10(h) or 5.11.

Mortgages ” shall mean, collectively, the mortgages, trust deeds, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, assignments of leases and rents, and other security documents delivered with respect to Mortgaged Properties, substantially, in the case of mortgages, in the form of Exhibit E (with such changes as are reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent), as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Mortgages” shall include, without limitation, the Additional Mortgages.

Multiemployer Plan ” shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate (other than one considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Code Section 414) is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding six plan years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.

Non-Bank Certificate ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.17(e).

Net Income ” shall mean, with respect to any person, the net income (loss) of such person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.

Net Proceeds ” shall mean:

(a) 100% of the cash proceeds actually received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise and including casualty insurance settlements and condemnation awards, but only as and when received) from any Asset Sale under Section 6.05(g), net of (i) attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, required debt payments and required payments of other obligations relating to the applicable asset to the extent such debt or obligations are secured by a Lien permitted hereunder (other than pursuant to the Loan Documents, any First Lien Obligations or Junior Financing) on such asset, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees actually incurred in connection therewith, (ii) Taxes paid or payable (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) as a result thereof, and (iii) the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any adjustment to the sale price or any liabilities (other than any taxes deducted pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above) (x) related to any of the applicable assets and (y) retained by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to

 

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environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations (however, the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be cash proceeds of such Asset Sale occurring on the date of such reduction); provided , that, if the Borrower shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent promptly following receipt of any such proceeds setting forth the Borrower’s intention to use any portion of such proceeds, to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets useful in the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries or to make Permitted Business Acquisitions and other permitted Investments hereunder (except for Permitted Investments or intercompany Investments in Subsidiaries), in each case within 15 months of such receipt, such portion of such proceeds shall not constitute Net Proceeds except to the extent not, within 15 months of such receipt, so used or contractually committed to be so used (it being understood that if any portion of such proceeds are not so used within such 15-month period but within such 15-month period are contractually committed to be used, then upon the termination of such contract, such remaining portion if not so used by such time shall constitute Net Proceeds as of the date of such termination or expiry without giving effect to this proviso); provided , further , that (x) no net cash proceeds calculated in accordance with the foregoing realized in any fiscal year shall constitute Net Proceeds in such fiscal year until the aggregate amount of all such net cash proceeds in such fiscal year shall exceed $25.0 million (and thereafter only net cash proceeds in excess of such amount shall constitute Net Proceeds), and (y) in any event, no net cash proceeds calculated in accordance with the foregoing realized in a single transaction or series of related transactions shall constitute Net Proceeds unless such net cash proceeds shall exceed $10.0 million (and thereafter only net cash proceeds in excess of such amount shall constitute Net Proceeds);

(b) 100% of the cash proceeds from the incurrence, issuance or sale by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of any Indebtedness (other than Excluded Indebtedness), net of all taxes and fees (including investment banking fees), commissions, costs and other expenses, in each case incurred in connection with such issuance or sale.

New Class Loans ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.08(f).

New Project ” shall mean each capital project which is either a new project or a new feature at an existing project owned by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries which receives a certificate of completion or occupancy and all relevant licenses, and in fact commences operations.

New York Courts ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.15.

Non-Consenting Lender ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(c).

Non-Defaulting Lender ” shall mean, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.

 

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Non-Extension Notice Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).

Non-Reinstatement Deadline ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).

Note ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(e).

Notes Offering Memorandum ” shall mean the final offering memorandum, dated April 14, 2014, in respect of the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes.

Obligations ” shall mean, collectively, (a) the Loan Obligations, (b) obligations in respect of any Secured Cash Management Agreement and (c) obligations in respect of any Secured Swap Agreement.

OFAC ” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Embargoed Person.”

Offered Loans ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(h)(iii).

Operations Management Agreement ” shall mean (i) each of the real estate management agreements, shared service agreements and any other operating management agreement entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with CEC or with any other direct or indirect subsidiary or affiliate of CEC, (ii) each of the agreements identified as an “Operations Management Agreement” on Schedule 6.07 and (iii), in each case, any and all modifications thereto, substitutions therefore and replacements thereof so long as such modifications, substitutions and replacements are not materially less favorable, taken as a whole, to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries than the terms of such agreements as in effect on the Closing Date, as determined by the Borrower in good faith.

Other First Lien Obligations ” shall mean the “Other First Lien Obligations” as defined in the Collateral Agreement, including any interest accruing after commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding with respect to any holder of Other First Lien Obligations whether or not allowed in such proceeding.

Other First Lien Secured Parties ” shall mean the “Other First Lien Secured Parties” as defined in the Collateral Agreement.

Other Revolving Facility Commitments ” shall mean Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments to make Other Revolving Loans.

Other Revolving Loans ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a).

Other Taxes ” shall mean all present or future stamp or documentary Taxes or any other excise, transfer, sales, property, intangible, mortgage recording, or similar Taxes, charges or levies arising from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, registration, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, the Loan Documents, and, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Excluded Taxes.

 

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Other Term Loans ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a).

Outside Date ” shall mean August 31, 2014.

Outstanding Amount ” shall mean (i) with respect to any Loans on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Loans occurring on such date; and (ii) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts.

Overdraft Line ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(w).

Overnight Rate ” shall mean, for any day, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and (ii) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

Owned Real Property ” shall mean each parcel of Real Property that is located in the United States and is owned in fee by any Loan Party that has an individual fair market value (on a per property basis and as determined by the Borrower in good faith) of at least $15.0 million (x) as of the Escrow Release Date, for Real Property owned on the Escrow Release Date or (y) as of the date of acquisition, for Real Property acquired after the Escrow Release Date ( provided that such $15.0 million threshold shall not be applicable in the case of Real Property that is integrally related to the ownership or operation of a Mortgaged Property or otherwise necessary for such Mortgaged Property to be in compliance with all requirements of law applicable to such Mortgaged Property); provided that, with respect to any Real Property that is partially owned in fee and partially leased by any Loan Party, Owned Real Property will include both that portion of such material real property that is owned in fee and that portion that is so leased to the extent that (i) such leased portion is integrally related to the ownership or operation of the balance of such material real property or is otherwise necessary for such real property to be in compliance with all Requirements of Law applicable to such material real property in fee and only if (ii) such portion that is owned in fee has an individual fair market value (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) of at least $15.0 million (x) as of the Escrow Release Date, for Real Property so partially owned and partially leased on the Escrow Release Date or (y) as of the date of acquisition, for Real Property acquired after the Escrow Release Date so partially owned and partially leased ( provided that such $15.0 million threshold shall not be applicable in the case of Real Property that is integrally related to the ownership or operation of a Mortgaged Property or otherwise necessary for such Mortgaged Property to be in compliance with all requirements of law applicable to such Mortgaged Property) and (iii) a mortgage in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) is permitted on such Real Property

 

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by applicable law and by the terms of any lease, or other applicable document governing any leased portion of such Real Property, or with the consent of the applicable lessor or grantor (to the extent obtained after the applicable Loan Party has utilized commercially reasonable efforts to obtain same).

Parent Entity ” shall mean Holdings and any other direct or indirect parent of the Borrower.

Participant ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c)(i).

Participant Register ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c)(ii).

PBGC ” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.

Perfection Certificate ” shall mean the Perfection Certificate with respect to the Borrower and the other Loan Parties in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as the same may be supplemented from time to time to the extent required by Section 5.04(f).

Permitted Business Acquisition ” shall mean any acquisition of all or substantially all the assets of, or all or substantially all the Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares) in, or merger, consolidation or amalgamation with, a person or division or line of business of a person (or any subsequent investment made in a person, division or line of business previously acquired in a Permitted Business Acquisition), if immediately after giving effect thereto: (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom; (ii) all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in accordance with applicable laws; (iii) with respect to any such acquisition or investment with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) in excess of $10.0 million, after giving effect to such acquisition or investment and any related transactions, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance; (iv) any acquired or newly formed Subsidiary shall not be liable for any Indebtedness except for Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01; (v) to the extent required by Section 5.10, any person acquired in such acquisition, if acquired by a Loan Party, shall be merged into a Loan Party or become, following the consummation of such acquisition in accordance with Section 5.10, a Loan Party; (vi) the aggregate outstanding amount of such acquisitions and investments by Loan Parties in assets that are not owned by the Loan Parties or in Equity Interests in persons that are not Loan Parties or do not become Loan Parties following the consummation of such acquisition shall not exceed the greater of (x) 4.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such acquisition or investment for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b) and (y) $100.0 million; and (vii) if the date of the consummation of such acquisition shall occur during a Covenant Suspension Period, the sum of (1) the aggregate Available Unused Commitments under the Revolving Facilities plus (2) all Unrestricted Cash and Permitted Investments of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on such date shall not be less than $100.0 million; provided that this clause (vii) shall not apply to any acquisition consummated pursuant to binding commitments in existence at or prior to the date on which the relevant Covenant Suspension Period began.

 

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Permitted Cure Securities ” shall mean any equity securities of the Borrower or a Parent Entity issued pursuant to the Cure Right other than Disqualified Stock.

Permitted Holder ” shall mean each of (i) the Sponsors, (ii) the Management Group, (iii) CEC, CAC and CGP and (iv) any Person that has no material assets other than the capital stock of the Borrower, any Parent Entity or other Permitted Holders and that, directly or indirectly, holds or acquires beneficial ownership of 100% on a fully diluted basis of the voting Equity Interests of the Borrower, and of which no other Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date), other than any of the other Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i) through (iv), beneficially owns more than 50% (or, following a Qualified IPO, the greater of 35% and the percentage beneficially owned by the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i) through (iv)) on a fully diluted basis of the voting Equity Interests thereof, and (v) any “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date) the members of which include any of the other Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i) through (iv) above and that, directly or indirectly, hold or acquire beneficial ownership of the voting Equity Interests of the Borrower (a “ Permitted Holder Group ”), so long as (1) each member of the Permitted Holder Group has voting rights proportional to the percentage of ownership interests held or acquired by such member and (2) no Person or other “group” (other than the other Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i) through (iv)) beneficially owns more than 50% (or, following a Qualified IPO, the greater of 35% and the percentage beneficially owned by the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i) through (iv)) on a fully diluted basis of the voting Equity Interests held by the Permitted Holder Group.

Permitted Holder Group ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Permitted Holder.”

Permitted Investments ” shall mean:

(a) direct obligations of the United States of America or any member of the European Union or any agency thereof or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America or any member of the European Union or any agency thereof, in each case with maturities not exceeding two years;

(b) time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition thereof issued by a bank or trust company that is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America having capital, surplus and undivided profits in excess of $250 million and whose long-term debt, or whose parent holding company’s long-term debt, is rated A (or such similar equivalent rating or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act));

 

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(c) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 180 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (a) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (b) above;

(d) commercial paper, maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Borrower) organized and in existence under the laws of the United States of America or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America with a rating at the time as of which any investment therein is made of P-1 (or higher) according to Moody’s, or A-1 (or higher) according to S&P (or such similar equivalent rating or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act));

(e) securities with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any State, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least A by S&P or A by Moody’s (or such similar equivalent rating or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act));

(f) shares of mutual funds whose investment guidelines restrict 95% of such funds’ investments to those satisfying the provisions of clauses (a) through (e) above;

(g) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000.0 million; and

(h) time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits in an aggregate face amount not in excess of 0.5% of the total assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, on a combined or consolidated basis, as of the end of the Borrower’s most recently completed fiscal year; and

(i) instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above denominated in any foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and commonly used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction.

Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement ” shall mean, with respect to any Liens on Collateral that are intended to be junior to any Liens securing the Term B Loans (including, for the avoidance of doubt, junior Liens pursuant to Section 2.21(b)(ii)), either (as the Borrower shall elect) (x) any Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement if such Liens secure “Second Priority Claims” (as defined therein), (y) another intercreditor agreement not materially less favorable to the Lenders vis-à-vis such junior Liens than such Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) or (z) another intercreditor agreement the terms of which are consistent with market terms governing security arrangements for the sharing of liens on a junior basis at the time such intercreditor agreement is proposed to be established, as determined by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in the reasonable exercise of reasonable judgment.

 

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Permitted Liens ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.

Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance ” shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender as an Assignor and Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary as an Assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit F or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

Permitted Loan Purchases ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(i).

Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement ” shall mean, with respect to any Liens on Collateral that are intended to be secured on a pari passu basis with the Liens securing the Term B Loans, either (as the Borrower shall elect) (x) the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (y) another intercreditor agreement not materially less favorable to the Lenders vis-à-vis such pari passu Liens than the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) or (z) another intercreditor agreement the terms of which are consistent with market terms governing security arrangements for the sharing of liens on a pari passu basis at the time such intercreditor agreement is proposed to be established, as determined by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in the exercise of reasonable judgment.

Permitted Receivables Documents ” shall mean all documents and agreements evidencing, relating to or otherwise governing a Permitted Receivables Financing.

Permitted Receivables Financing ” shall mean one or more transactions pursuant to which (i) Receivables Assets or interests therein are sold to or financed by one or more Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiaries, and (ii) such Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiaries finance their acquisition of such Receivables Assets or interests therein, or the financing thereof, by selling or borrowing against Receivables Assets; provided , that recourse to the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than the Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiaries) in connection with such transactions shall be limited to the extent customary for similar transactions in the applicable jurisdictions (including, to the extent applicable, in a manner consistent with the delivery of a “true sale”/“absolute transfer” opinion with respect to any transfer by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than a Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary)).

Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness ” shall mean any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund (collectively, to “ Refinance ”), the Indebtedness being Refinanced (or previous refinancings thereof constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness) (and, in the case of revolving Indebtedness being Refinanced, to effect a corresponding reduction in the commitments with respect to such revolving Indebtedness being Refinanced); provided , that with respect to any Indebtedness being Refinanced, (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or

 

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accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premiums) thereon and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions, expenses, plus an amount equal to any existing commitment utilized thereunder and letters of credit undrawn thereunder), (b) except with respect to Section 6.01(i) and 6.01(z), the weighted average life to maturity of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is greater than or equal to the shorter of (i) the weighted average life to maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (ii) the weighted average life to maturity that would result if all payments of principal on the Indebtedness being Refinanced that were due on or after the date that is one year following the latest Term B Facility Maturity Date in effect on the date of incurrence were instead due on the date that is one year following such Term B Facility Maturity Date, (c) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Loan Obligations under this Agreement, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Loan Obligations on terms in the aggregate not materially less favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (d) no Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have greater guarantees or security than the Indebtedness being Refinanced (except that a Loan Party may be added as an additional obligor) unless such security is otherwise permitted by Section 6.02 at such time of incurrence; provided further , that with respect to a Refinancing of Indebtedness permitted hereunder that is subordinated, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall (i) be subordinated to the guarantee by Subsidiary Loan Parties of the Loan Obligations, and (ii) be otherwise on terms (excluding interest rate and redemption premiums), taken as a whole, not materially less favorable to the Lenders than those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced.

person ” shall mean any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company or government, individual or family trusts, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

PH Contribution ” shall mean, directly or indirectly and in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, the contribution by CGP of all outstanding equity interests of the PH Entities to the capital of the Borrower.

PH Entities ” shall mean, collectively, PHWLV, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and TSP Owner, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Plan ” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) that is, (i) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and (ii) sponsored or maintained (at the time of determination or at any time within the five years prior thereto) by Holdings, the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate, and (iii) in respect of which Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

Platform ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17(a).

Pledged Collateral ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement or the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, as applicable.

 

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Pre-Opening Expenses ” shall mean, with respect to any fiscal period, the amount of expenses (other than interest expense) incurred with respect to capital projects which are classified as “pre-opening expenses” or “project opening costs” (or any similar or equivalent caption) on the applicable financial statements of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period, prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Pricing Grid ” shall mean, with respect to the Loans, the table set forth below:

 

Pricing Grid for Revolving Facility Loans

in respect of Revolving Facility Commitments

 

Senior Secured Leverage Ratio

  Applicable Margin
for ABR Loans
    Applicable Margin
for Eurocurrency
Loans
    Applicable
Commitment Fee
 

Greater than 3.00 to 1.0

    4.25     5.25     0.500

Less than or equal to 3:00 to 1.0

    4.00     5.00     0.375

For the purposes of the Pricing Grid, changes in the Applicable Margin and Applicable Commitment Fee resulting from changes in the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall become effective on the date (the “ Adjustment Date ”) of delivery of the relevant financial statements pursuant to Section 5.04 for each fiscal quarter beginning with the first full fiscal quarter of the Borrower after the Escrow Release Date, and shall remain in effect until the next change to be effected pursuant to this paragraph. If any financial statements referred to above are not delivered within the time periods specified in Section 5.04, then, at the option of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, until the date that is three Business Days after the date on which such financial statements are delivered, the higher pricing level shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such financial statements were to have been delivered but were not delivered. Each determination of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio pursuant to the Pricing Grid shall be made in a manner consistent with the determination thereof pursuant to Section 6.10.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this definition or elsewhere in this Agreement, if it is subsequently determined that the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio set forth in any compliance certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.04(c) is inaccurate as a result of any fraud, intentional misrepresentation or willful misconduct of the Borrower or any officer thereof and the result is that the Lenders received interest or fees for any period based on an Applicable Margin and the Applicable Commitment Fee that is less than that which would have been applicable had the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio been accurately determined, then, for all purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Margin” and the “Applicable Commitment Fee” for any day occurring within the period covered by such compliance certificate shall retroactively be deemed to be the relevant percentage as based upon the accurately determined Senior Secured Leverage Ratio for such period, and any shortfall in the interest or fees theretofore paid by the Borrower for the relevant period pursuant to this Agreement as a result of the miscalculation of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be (and shall be) due and payable under the relevant provisions of this Agreement, as applicable, at the time the interest or fees for such period were required to be paid pursuant to said Section (and shall remain due and payable until paid in full, together with all amounts owing under Section 2.13, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement).

 

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primary obligor ” shall have the meaning given such term in the definition of the term “Guarantee.”

Prime Rate ” shall mean the rate of interest per annum determined from time to time by Credit Suisse AG as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City and notified to the Borrower. The Prime Rate is a rate set by Credit Suisse AG based upon various factors including Credit Suisse AG’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above or below such rate.

Pro Forma Basis ” shall mean, as to any person, for any events as described below that occur subsequent to the commencement of a period for which the financial effect of such events is being calculated, and giving effect to the events for which such calculation is being made, such calculation as will give pro forma effect to such events as if such events occurred on the first day of the four consecutive fiscal quarter period ended on or before the occurrence of such event (the “ Reference Period ”): (i) in making any determination on a Pro Forma Basis, pro forma effect shall be given to any Asset Sale, any acquisition, Investment, capital expenditure, construction, repair, replacement, improvement, development, disposition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation (including the Transactions) (or any similar transaction or transactions not otherwise permitted under Section 6.04 or 6.05 that require a waiver or consent of the Required Lenders and such waiver or consent has been obtained), any dividend, distribution or other similar payment, any designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and any Subsidiary Redesignation, New Project, and any restructurings of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has determined to make and/or made and are expected to have a continuing impact and are factually supportable, which would include cost savings resulting from head count reduction, closure of facilities and similar operational and other cost savings, which adjustments the Borrower determines are reasonable as set forth in a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (the foregoing, together with any transactions related thereto or in connection therewith, the “ relevant transactions ”), in each case that occurred during the Reference Period (or, other than in the case of Section 6.10, occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter and through and including the date upon which the respective Permitted Business Acquisition or relevant transaction is consummated), (ii) in making any determination on a Pro Forma Basis, (x) all Indebtedness (including Indebtedness issued, incurred or assumed as a result of, or to finance, any relevant transactions and for which the financial effect is being calculated, whether incurred under this Agreement or otherwise, but excluding normal fluctuations in revolving Indebtedness incurred for working capital purposes and amounts outstanding under any Permitted Receivables Financing, in each case not to finance any acquisition) issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid during the Reference Period (or, other than in the case of Section 6.10, occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter and through and including the date upon which the respective Permitted Business Acquisition or relevant transaction is consummated) shall be deemed to have been issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid at the beginning of such period, (y) Interest Expense of such person attributable to interest on any Indebtedness, for which pro forma effect is being given as provided in preceding clause (x), bearing floating interest rates shall be

 

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computed on a pro forma basis as if the rates that would have been in effect during the period for which pro forma effect is being given had been actually in effect during such periods, and (z) with respect to each New Project which commences operations and records not less than one full fiscal quarter’s operations during the Reference Period, the operating results of such New Project shall be annualized on a straight line basis during such period and (iii) (A) any Subsidiary Redesignation then being designated, effect shall be given to such Subsidiary Redesignation and all other Subsidiary Redesignations after the first day of the relevant Reference Period and on or prior to the date of the respective Subsidiary Redesignation then being designated, collectively, and (B) any designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, effect shall be given to such designation and all other designations of Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries after the first day of the relevant Reference Period and on or prior to the date of the then applicable designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, collectively.

Pro forma calculations made pursuant to the definition of the term “Pro Forma Basis” shall be determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and may include, (i) adjustments to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements, synergies or cost savings reasonably expected to result from such relevant pro forma event (including, to the extent applicable, the Transactions) and (2) all adjustments of the type used in connection with the calculation of “Projected Run-Rate Adjusted EBITDA – Pro Forma” as set forth in the Notes Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such Reference Period. The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower setting forth such demonstrable or additional operating expense reductions, other operating improvements, or synergies and adjustments pursuant to clause (2) above or cost savings and information and calculations supporting them in reasonable detail.

For purposes of this definition, any amount in a currency other than Dollars will be converted to Dollars based on the average exchange rate for such currency for the most recent twelve month period immediately prior to the date of determination in a manner consistent with that used in calculating EBITDA for the applicable period.

Pro Forma Compliance ” shall mean, at any date of determination, that the Borrower and the Subsidiaries shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis to the relevant transactions (including the assumption, the issuance, incurrence and permanent repayment of Indebtedness), with the Financial Performance Covenant recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for which the financial statements and certificates required pursuant to Section 5.04 have been or were required to have been delivered ( provided , that at all times during a Covenant Suspension Period, such covenant shall be deemed to have applied to the Borrower’s most recently completed fiscal quarter).

Pro Forma Financial Statements ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.05(a).

Pro Rata Extension Offers ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(e).

 

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Pro Rata Share ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.08(f).

Project ” shall mean (i) any and all buildings, structures, fixtures, construction, development and other improvements of any nature to be constructed, added to, or made on, under or about any Real Property (exclusive of any personal property) with respect to which the cost of such construction, additions or development is at least equal to $15.0 million and (ii) any planning processes or preparatory steps undertaken to implement or further any such construction, additions or developments contemplated by the foregoing clause (i) of this definition (including, without limitation, (a) the combination of two or more individual land parcels into one parcel, (b) the separation or division of one or more individual land parcels into two or more parcels, (c) the re-zoning of parcels, and (d) demolition work on parcels).

Project Financing ” shall mean (1) any Capital Lease Obligation, mortgage financing, purchase money Indebtedness or other similar Indebtedness incurred to finance the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement, or improvement of any Undeveloped Land or any refinancing of any such Indebtedness and (2) any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction of any Undeveloped Land.

Project Notice ” shall mean a notice delivered by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.11(a) identifying the applicable Mortgaged Property constituting Undeveloped Land, providing a reasonable description of the applicable Project that the Borrower anticipates in good faith will be undertaken with respect to such Undeveloped Land and identifying the Project Financing to be entered into in connection with the financing of such Project.

Projections ” shall mean the projections of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries included in the Information Memorandum and any other projections and any forward-looking statements (including statements with respect to booked business) of such entities furnished to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date.

Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(h)(ii).

Public Lender ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17.

Purchase Agreement ” shall mean that certain Transaction Agreement dated as of March 1, 2014, by and among Caesars Entertainment Corporation, Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc., Caesars License Company, LLC, Harrah’s New Orleans Management Company, CIC, The Quad, Parball Corporation, JCC Holding, CAC and CGP and any other agreements or instruments contemplated thereby, in each case, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Purchased Properties ” shall mean, collectively, all outstanding equity interests in each of the Cromwell Entities, The Quad, the Harrah’s New Orleans Entities and the Bally’s LV Entities.

 

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Qualified Equity Interests ” shall mean any Equity Interests of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity other than Disqualified Stock.

Qualified IPO ” shall mean an underwritten public offering of the Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Parent Entity which generates cash proceeds of at least $100.0 million.

Qualified Non-Recourse Debt ” shall mean Indebtedness that (i) is (x) incurred by a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary to finance (whether prior to or within 270 days after) the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of any property (real or personal) or equipment (whether through the direct purchase of property or the Equity Interests of any person owning such property and whether in a single acquisition or a series of related acquisitions) or any Undeveloped Land or, to the extent owned by the Borrower or a Subsidiary on the Closing Date, any Real Property located outside the United States or (y) assumed by a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary, (ii) is non-recourse to the Borrower and any Subsidiary (other than a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary or its Subsidiaries) and (iii) is non-recourse to any Subsidiary that is not a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary. In addition, the Indebtedness of CIC and its subsidiaries outstanding on the Escrow Release Date shall constitute Qualified Non-Recourse Debt.

Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary ” shall mean (i) a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party and that is formed or created after the Closing Date in order to finance the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of any property or equipment or any Undeveloped Land or, to the extent owned by the Borrower or a Subsidiary on the Closing Date, any Real Property located outside the United States (directly or through one of its Subsidiaries) that secures Qualified Non-Recourse Debt incurred in respect of such property and (ii) any Subsidiary of a Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary. In addition, CIC and its subsidiaries shall constitute Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiaries as of the Escrow Release Date.

Qualifying Act of Terrorism ” shall mean (a) any Act of Terrorism which occurs on any property of the Borrower or its subsidiaries or in which the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries, or any property of any of them, is the target, or (b) any Act of Terrorism the result of which is that passenger deplanements into the McCarran Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada as reported by Clark County Department of Aviation (“ Deplanements ”) in a given fiscal quarter fall, or if the data is not yet available would reasonably be expected to fall, by 5% or more compared with Deplanements in the corresponding quarter during the prior year (a “ Material Disruption ”) or, as the case may be, the most recent corresponding quarter in which no Material Disruption occurred or existed.

Qualifying Lenders ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(h)(iv).

Qualifying Loans ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(h)(iv).

Real Property ” shall mean, collectively, all right, title and interest (including, without limitation, any leasehold estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned in fee or leased by any Loan Party, together with, in each case, all easements,

 

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hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, and all improvements situated, placed or constructed upon, or fixed to or incorporated into, or which becomes a component part of such real property, and appurtenant fixtures incidental to the ownership or lease thereof.

Receivables Assets ” shall mean accounts receivable (including any bills of exchange) and related assets and property from time to time originated, acquired or otherwise owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

Receivables Net Investment ” shall mean the aggregate cash amount paid by the lenders or purchasers under any Permitted Receivables Financing in connection with their purchase of, or the making of loans secured by, Receivables Assets or interests therein, as the same may be reduced from time to time by collections with respect to such Receivables Assets or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Permitted Receivables Documents (but excluding any such collections used to make payments of items included in clause (c) of the definition of Interest Expense); provided , however , that if all or any part of such Receivables Net Investment shall have been reduced by application of any distribution and thereafter such distribution is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason, such Receivables Net Investment shall be increased by the amount of such distribution, all as though such distribution had not been made.

Reference Period ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Pro Forma Basis.”

Refinance ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness,” “ Refinancing ” and “ Refinanced ” shall have a meaning correlative thereto.

Refinancing Amount ” shall mean, in connection with any Refinancing of Indebtedness hereunder, the additional amount of Indebtedness in excess of the principal amount of Indebtedness being Refinanced that is incurred to fund such Refinancing; provided that, the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premiums) thereon and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions and expenses).

Refinancing Effective Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(j).

Refinancing Notes ” shall mean any secured or unsecured notes or loans issued by any Loan Party (whether under an indenture, a credit agreement or otherwise) and the Indebtedness represented thereby; provided , that (a) 100% of the Net Proceeds of such Refinancing Notes are used to permanently reduce Loans and/or replace Commitments substantially simultaneously with the issuance thereof; (b) the final maturity date of such Refinancing Notes is on or after the Term Facility Maturity Date or the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, as applicable, of the Term Loans so reduced or the Revolving Facility Commitments so replaced; (c) the weighted average life to maturity of such Refinancing Notes is greater than or equal to the weighted average life to maturity of the Term Loans so reduced or

 

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the Revolving Facility Commitments so replaced, as applicable; (d) in the case of Refinancing Notes in the form of notes issued under an indenture, the terms thereof do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to the Term Facility Maturity Date of the Term Loans so reduced or the Revolving Facility Maturity Date of the Revolving Facility Commitments so replaced, as applicable (other than customary offers to repurchase or mandatory prepayment provisions upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default); (e) the other terms of such Refinancing Notes (other than interest rates, fees, floors, funding discounts and redemption or prepayment premiums), taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries than the terms, taken as a whole, applicable to the Term B Loans (except for covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Term Facility Maturity Date in effect at the time such Refinancing Notes are issued), as determined by the Borrower in good faith; (f) there shall be no obligor in respect of such Refinancing Notes that is not a Loan Party and (g) Refinancing Notes that are secured by Collateral shall be subject to the provisions of a Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable.

Refinancing Term Loans ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(j).

Register ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b)(iv).

Regulation T ” shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

Regulation U ” shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

Regulation X ” shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

Related Fund ” shall mean, with respect to any Lender that is a fund that invests in bank or commercial loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in bank or commercial loans and similar extensions of credit and is advised or managed by (a) such Lender, (b) an Affiliate of such Lender or (c) an entity (or an Affiliate of such entity) that administers, advises or manages such Lender.

Related Parties ” shall mean, with respect to any specified person, such person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such person and such person’s Affiliates.

Related Sections ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.

Release ” shall mean any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, emanating or migrating in, into, onto or through the environment.

 

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Replacement L/C Issuer ” shall mean, with respect to any Replacement Revolving Facility, any Replacement Revolving Lender thereunder from time to time designated by the Borrower as the Replacement L/C Issuer under such Replacement Revolving Facility with the consent of such Replacement Revolving Lender and the Administrative Agent.

Replacement L/C Obligations ” shall mean, as at any date of determination with respect to any Replacement Revolving Facility, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Replacement Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings, under such Replacement Revolving Facility. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Replacement Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Replacement Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

Replacement Letter of Credit ” shall mean any letter of credit issued pursuant to a Replacement Revolving Facility.

Replacement Revolving Credit Percentage ” shall mean, as to any Replacement Revolving Lender at any time under any Replacement Revolving Facility, the percentage which such Lender’s Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment under such Replacement Revolving Facility then constitutes of the aggregate Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments under such Replacement Revolving Facility (or, at any time after such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Replacement Revolving Facility Credit Exposure then outstanding pursuant to such Replacement Revolving Facility constitutes of the amount of the aggregate Replacement Revolving Facility Credit Exposure then outstanding pursuant to such Replacement Revolving Facility).

Replacement Revolving Facility ” shall mean each Class of Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments and the extensions of credit made hereunder by the Replacement Revolving Lenders.

Replacement Revolving Facility Credit Exposure ” shall mean, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Replacement Revolving Loans at such time, (b) the Outstanding Amount of Replacement Swingline Loans at such time and (c) the Outstanding Amount of the Replacement L/C Obligations at such time. The Replacement Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Replacement Revolving Lender at any time shall be the product of (x) such Replacement Revolving Lender’s Replacement Revolving Credit Percentage of the applicable Class and (y) the aggregate Replacement Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of such Class of all Replacement Revolving Lenders, collectively, at such time.

Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(l).

Replacement Revolving Lender ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(m).

 

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Replacement Revolving Loans ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(l).

Replacement Swingline Lender ” shall mean, with respect to any Replacement Revolving Facility, any Replacement Revolving Lender thereunder from time to time designated by the Borrower as the Replacement Swingline Lender under such Replacement Revolving Facility with the consent of such Replacement Revolving Lender and the Administrative Agent.

Replacement Swingline Loans ” shall mean any swingline loan made to the Borrower pursuant to a Replacement Revolving Facility.

Reportable Event ” shall mean any reportable event as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than those events as to which the 30-day notice period referred to in Section 4043(c) of ERISA has been waived, with respect to a Plan (other than a Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Code).

Required Lenders ” shall mean, at any time, Lenders having Term Loans and Commitments (and, if the Revolving Facility Commitments under any Revolving Facility have been terminated, Revolving Facility Credit Exposures under such Revolving Facility) that, taken together, represent more than 50% of the sum of all Term Loans and Commitments (and, if the Revolving Facility Commitments have been terminated, Revolving Facility Credit Exposures) at such time; provided , that (i) the Loans, Commitments and Revolving Facility Credit Exposures of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time and (ii) the portion of any Term Loans held by Debt Fund Affiliate Lenders in the aggregate in excess of 49.9% of the Required Amount of Loans shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time. For purposes of the foregoing, “ Required Amount of Loans ” shall mean, at any time, the amount of Loans required to be held by Lenders in order for such Lenders to constitute “Required Lenders” (without giving effect to the foregoing clause (ii)).

Required Percentage ” shall mean, with respect to an Applicable Period, 50%; provided , that (a) if the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio at the end of the Applicable Period is greater than 3.00:1.00 but less than or equal to 3.50:1.00, such percentage shall be 25%, and (b) if the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio at the end of the Applicable Period is less than or equal to 3.00:1.00, such percentage shall be 0%.

Required Prepayment Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(f).

Requirement of Law ” shall mean, as to any person, any law, treaty, rule, regulation, statute, order, ordinance, decree, judgment, consent decree, writ, injunction, settlement agreement or governmental requirement enacted, promulgated or imposed or entered into or agreed by any Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such person or any of its property or assets or to which such person or any of its property or assets is subject (including any Gaming Laws).

 

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Responsible Officer ” of any person shall mean any executive officer or Financial Officer of such person and any other officer or similar official thereof responsible for the administration of the obligations of such person in respect of this Agreement.

Restricted Payments ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.06. The amount of any Restricted Payment made other than in the form of cash or cash equivalents shall be the fair market value thereof (as determined by the Borrower in good faith).

Retained Percentage ” shall mean, with respect to any Excess Cash Flow Period, (a) 100% minus (b) the Required Percentage with respect to such Excess Cash Flow Period.

Revolving Facility ” shall mean the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class and the extensions of credit made hereunder by the Revolving Facility Lenders of such Class and, for purposes of Section 9.08(b), shall refer to all such Revolving Facility Commitments as a single Class.

Revolving Facility Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Revolving Facility Loans of the same Class.

Revolving Facility Commitment ” shall mean, with respect to each Revolving Facility Lender, the commitment of such Revolving Facility Lender to make Revolving Facility Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(b), as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08, (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender under Section 9.04, and (c) increased (or replaced) as provided under Section 2.21. The initial amount of each Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01 , or in the Assignment and Acceptance or Incremental Assumption Agreement pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Facility Commitment (or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment), as applicable. The aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Facility Commitments on the date hereof are $150.0 million. On the date hereof, there is only one Class of Revolving Facility Commitments. After the date hereof, additional Classes of Revolving Facility Commitments may be added or created pursuant to Incremental Assumption Agreements.

Revolving Facility Credit Exposure ” shall mean, with respect to any Class of Revolving Facility Commitments, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Facility Loans of such Class at such time, and (b) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations of such Class at such time. The Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Revolving Facility Lender under any Revolving Facility at any time shall be the product of (x) such Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage under such Revolving Facility and (y) the aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure under such Revolving Facility of all Revolving Facility Lenders, collectively, at such time.

Revolving Facility Lender ” shall mean a Lender (including an Incremental Revolving Facility Lender) with a Revolving Facility Commitment or with outstanding Revolving Facility Loans.

Revolving Facility Loan ” shall mean a Loan made by a Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(b) or Section 2.21.

 

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Revolving Facility Maturity Date ” shall mean, as the context may require, (a) with respect to the Revolving Facility in effect on the Closing Date, May 8, 2019 and (b) with respect to any other Classes of Revolving Facility Commitments, the maturity dates specified therefor in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement.

Revolving Facility Percentage ” shall mean, with respect to any Revolving Facility Lender of any Class, the percentage of the total Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class represented by such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment of such Class. If the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class have terminated or expired, the Revolving Facility Percentages of such Class shall be determined based upon the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments pursuant to Section 9.04.

S&P ” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, Inc.

Sale and Lease-Back Transaction ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.03.

Same Day Funds ” shall mean, with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars, immediately available funds.

SEC ” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement ” shall mean the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit Q , dated as of the Escrow Release Date, by and among Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Credit Agreement Agent (as defined therein), each Other First Priority Lien Obligations Agent (as defined therein) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and collateral agent and each representative of any Other Second Lien Obligations (as defined therein), as such document may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Second Priority Liens ” shall mean (a) Liens that are “Second Priority Liens” (as defined in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement) and (b) other Liens (other than Liens securing the Obligations) that are subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations pursuant to, and otherwise subject to the terms of, a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement.

Second Priority Senior Secured Notes ” shall mean the $675.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the 9.375% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2022 issued pursuant to the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture and any notes issued by the Borrower in exchange for, and as contemplated by, the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes and the related registration rights agreement with substantially identical terms as the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes.

Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Documents ” shall mean the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes and the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture.

 

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Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Escrow Agreement ” shall mean the Escrow Agreement dated as of April 17, 2014, among the Borrower, FinanceCo and U.S. Bank National Association in its capacity as escrow agent and in its capacity as trustee under the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture ” shall mean the Indenture, dated as of April 17, 2014, among the Borrower and FinanceCo, as issuers, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto from time to time and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Secured Cash Management Agreement ” shall mean any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and any Cash Management Bank to the extent that such Cash Management Agreement is not otherwise designated in writing by the Borrower and the applicable Cash Management Bank to the Administrative Agent to not be included as a Secured Cash Management Agreement.

Secured Parties ” shall mean, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Lender, each L/C Issuer, each Hedge Bank that is party to any Secured Swap Agreement, each Cash Management Bank that is party to any Secured Cash Management Agreement and each sub-agent appointed pursuant to Section 8.02 by the Administrative Agent with respect to matters relating to the Loan Documents or by the Collateral Agent with respect to matters relating to any Security Document.

Secured Swap Agreement ” shall mean any Swap Agreement that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and any Hedge Bank to the extent that such Swap Agreement is not otherwise designated in writing by the Borrower and the applicable Hedge Bank to the Administrative Agent to not be included as a Secured Swap Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for all purposes of the Loan Documents, any Guarantee of, or grant of any Lien to secure, any obligations in respect of a Secured Swap Agreement by a Loan Party shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations.

Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Security Documents ” shall mean the Escrow Agreement, the Mortgages, the Collateral Agreement, the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, the IP Security Agreements (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) and each of the security agreements and other instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing or pursuant to Section 4.02, 5.10 or 5.11.

Senior Secured Leverage Ratio ” shall mean, on any date, the ratio of (a) Total First Lien Senior Secured Net Debt as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended as of such date to (b) EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended as of such date, all determined on a combined or consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided , that the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis; provided , further , however , that for purposes of calculating the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio from and after any Covenant Resumption Date, (i) EBITDA for the fiscal quarter in which the

 

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relevant Qualifying Act of Terrorism shall have occurred, (ii) EBITDA for any fiscal quarter following such quarter referred to in clause (i) in which a Material Disruption existed and (iii) EBITDA for the next succeeding fiscal quarter after the latest quarter to occur of any quarter referred to in clause (i) or (ii) shall, in each case, be the greater of (1) Substituted EBITDA and (2) actual EBITDA for such quarter. For the purposes of the foregoing, “ Substituted EBITDA ” shall mean the EBITDA for the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the fiscal quarter referred to in clause (i) of the previous sentence, in each case subject to customary seasonal adjustments (as determined in good faith by the Borrower and set forth in a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent).

Similar Business ” shall mean any business, the majority of whose revenues are derived from (i) business or activities that are or anticipated to be conducted by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date or (ii) any business that is a natural outgrowth or reasonable extension, development or expansion of any such business or any business similar, reasonably related, incidental, complementary or ancillary to any of the foregoing.

Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary ” shall mean (i) a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower established in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing for the acquisition of Receivables Assets or interests therein, and which is organized in a manner intended to reduce the likelihood that it would be substantively consolidated with the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiaries) in the event the Borrower or any such Subsidiary becomes subject to a proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (or other insolvency law) and (ii) any Subsidiary of a Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary.

Specified L/C Sublimit ” shall mean, with respect to any L/C Issuer, the amounts set forth beside such L/C Issuer’s name on Schedule 1.01(F) hereto or in each case such other amount as specified in the agreement pursuant to which such Person becomes an L/C Issuer hereunder.

Specified Representations ” shall mean the representations and warranties made in respect of the Borrower and the Guarantors (to the extent applicable) in Sections 3.01(a) and (d), 3.02(a) and (b)(i)(B), 3.03, 3.10, 3.11, 3.17(a), 3.24 and, with respect to the Escrow Release Date only, 3.25 of this Agreement.

Sponsor ” shall mean (i) CGP and each Affiliate of CGP, (ii) Apollo and each Affiliate of Apollo (but not including, however, any of its portfolio companies), (iii) TPG and each Affiliate of TPG (but not including, however, any of its portfolio companies), and (iv) any individual who is a partner or employee of Apollo Management, L.P., Apollo, the Texas Pacific Group or TPG, to the extent such individual is licensed by a relevant Gaming Authority on the Closing Date or thereafter replaces any such licensee.

Spot Rate ” for a currency shall mean the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m., Local Time on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made or if

 

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such rate cannot be competed as of such date such other date as the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer shall reasonably determine is appropriate under the circumstances; provided that the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer if the person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency.

Statutory Reserves ” shall mean the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board and any other banking authority, domestic or foreign, to which the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including any branch, Affiliate or other fronting office making or holding a Loan) is subject for Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Board). Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Board) and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D. Statutory Reserves shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

Subordinated Intercompany Debt ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(e).

subsidiary ” shall mean, with respect to any person (herein referred to as the “ parent ”), any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination is being made, directly or indirectly, owned, Controlled or held, or (b) that is, at the time any determination is made, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

Subsidiary ” shall mean, unless the context otherwise requires, a subsidiary of the Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing (and except for purposes of the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary contained herein), an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed not to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for purposes of this Agreement.

Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement ” shall mean the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement (First Lien) substantially in the form of Exhibit N , dated as of the Escrow Release Date, by and between each Subsidiary Loan Party and the Collateral Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Subsidiary Loan Party ” shall mean (a) each Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower on the Escrow Release Date that is set forth on Schedule 1.01(C) and (b) each other Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower (that is not an Excluded Subsidiary) that becomes, or is required pursuant to Section 5.10 to become, a party to the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement and the Collateral Agreement after the Escrow Release Date.

Subsidiary Redesignation ” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” contained in this Section 1.01.

 

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Surveys ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Collateral Requirement.”

Swap Agreement ” shall mean any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value, or credit spread transaction, repurchase transaction, reserve repurchase transaction, securities lending transaction, weather index transaction, spot contracts, fixed price physical delivery contracts, or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions, in each case of the foregoing, whether or not exchange traded; provided , that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.

Swap Obligation ” shall mean, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

Taxes ” shall mean all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties (including stamp duties), deductions, withholdings or similar charges (including ad valorem charges) imposed by any Governmental Authority, and all interest, additions to tax and penalties related thereto.

Term B Borrowing ” shall mean any Borrowing comprised of Term B Loans.

Term B Facility ” shall mean the Term B Loan Commitment and the Term B Loans made hereunder.

Term B Facility Maturity Date ” shall mean May 8, 2021.

Term B Loan Commitment ” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Term B Loans hereunder. The amount of each Lender’s Term B Loan Commitment as of the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule 2.01 . The aggregate amount of the Term B Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $1,175.0 million.

Term B Loan Installment Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(a)(i).

Term B Loans ” shall mean (a) the term loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a), and (b) any Incremental Term Loans in the form of Term B Loans made by the Incremental Term Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(c).

Term Borrowing ” shall mean any Term B Borrowing or any Incremental Term Borrowing.

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Term Facility Maturity Date ” shall mean (a) with respect to the Term B Facility in effect on the Closing Date, the Term B Facility Maturity Date and (b) with respect to any other Class of Term Loans, the maturity dates specified therefor in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement.

Term Loan Commitment ” shall mean any Term B Loan Commitment or any Incremental Term Loan Commitment.

Term Loan Installment Date ” shall mean any Term B Loan Installment Date or any Incremental Term Loan Installment Date.

Term Loans ” shall mean the Term B Loans and/or any or all of the Incremental Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.21.

Term Yield Differential ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(b)(viii).

Termination Date ” shall mean the date on which (a) all Commitments shall have been terminated, (b) the principal of and interest on each Loan, all Fees and all other Loan Obligations shall have been paid in full (other than in respect of contingent indemnification and expense reimbursement claims not then due) and (c) all Letters of Credit (other than those that have been Cash Collateralized) have been cancelled or have expired and all amounts drawn or paid thereunder have been reimbursed in full.

Test Period ” shall mean, on any date of determination, the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower then most recently ended (taken as one accounting period) for which financial statements have been (or were required to be) delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b) and, initially, the four fiscal quarter period ending December 31, 2013.

The Quad ” shall mean 3535 LV NewCo, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Total First Lien Senior Secured Net Debt ” at any date shall mean (i) the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Debt of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries outstanding at such date that consists of, without duplication, Indebtedness (other than Qualified Non-Recourse Debt) that in each case is then secured by first-priority Liens on the Collateral, less (ii) without duplication, the aggregate amount of all Unrestricted Cash and Permitted Investments of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on such date.

Total Leverage Ratio ” shall mean, on any date, the ratio of (a) Total Net Debt as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended as of such date to (b) EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended as of such date, all determined on a combined or consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that the Total Leverage Ratio shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis; provided , further , however , that for purposes of calculating the Total Leverage Ratio from and after any Covenant Resumption Date, (i) EBITDA for the fiscal quarter in which the relevant Qualifying Act of Terrorism shall have occurred, (ii) EBITDA for any fiscal quarter following such quarter referred to in clause (i) in which a Material Disruption existed and (iii) EBITDA for the next succeeding fiscal quarter after the

 

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latest quarter to occur of any quarter referred to in clause (i) or (ii) shall, in each case, be the greater of (1) Substituted EBITDA and (2) actual EBITDA for such quarter. For the purposes of the foregoing, “ Substituted EBITDA ” shall mean the EBITDA for the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the fiscal quarter referred to in clause (i) of the previous sentence, in each case subject to customary seasonal adjustments (as determined in good faith by the Borrower and set forth in a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent).

Total Net Debt ” at any date shall mean (i) the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Debt (other than Qualified Non-Recourse Debt) of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries outstanding at such date, less (ii) without duplication, the aggregate amount of all Unrestricted Cash and Permitted Investments of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on such date.

Total Secured Leverage Ratio ” shall mean, on any date, the ratio of (a) Total Senior Secured Net Debt as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended as of such date to (b) EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended as of such date, all determined on a combined or consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that the Total Secured Leverage Ratio shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis; provided , further , however , that for purposes of calculating the Total Secured Leverage Ratio from and after any Covenant Resumption Date, (i) EBITDA for the fiscal quarter in which the relevant Qualifying Act of Terrorism shall have occurred, (ii) EBITDA for any fiscal quarter following such quarter referred to in clause (i) in which a Material Disruption existed and (iii) EBITDA for the next succeeding fiscal quarter after the latest quarter to occur of any quarter referred to in clause (i) or (ii) shall, in each case, be the greater of (1) Substituted EBITDA and (2) actual EBITDA for such quarter. For the purposes of the foregoing, “ Substituted EBITDA ” shall mean the EBITDA for the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the fiscal quarter referred to in clause (i) of the previous sentence, in each case subject to customary seasonal adjustments (as determined in good faith by the Borrower and set forth in a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent).

Total Senior Secured Net Debt ” at any date shall mean (i) the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Debt of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries outstanding at such date that consists of, without duplication, Indebtedness (other than Qualified Non-Recourse Debt) that in each case is then secured by Liens on the Collateral, less (ii) without duplication, the aggregate amount of all Unrestricted Cash and Permitted Investments of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on such date.

TPG ” shall mean, collectively, TPG Partners V, L.P. and other affiliated co-investment partnerships.

Transaction Documents ” shall mean the Purchase Agreement, the Loan Documents and the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Documents.

Transaction Expenses ” shall mean any fees or expenses incurred or paid by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates in connection with the Transactions, the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

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Transactions ” shall mean, collectively, (a) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the creation of the Liens pursuant to the Security Documents, and the borrowings and other extensions of credit hereunder (including the entering into of the Escrow Agreement, the funding of the Escrow Account and the release of the funds therefrom), (b) the consummation of the Acquisition and the performance of the Purchase Agreement, (c) the Equity Financing, (d) the consummation of the PH Contribution, (e) the refinancing or repayment of the Existing PH Facility, (f) the sale and issuance of the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes (including the entering into of the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Escrow Agreement and the release of proceeds therefrom), (g) the transactions described under “Summary – Recent Developments” in the Notes Offering Memorandum, and (h) the payment of all fees and expenses in connection therewith to be paid on, prior or subsequent to the Closing Date.

Type ” shall mean, when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, the rate by reference to which interest on such Loan or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing is determined. For purposes hereof, the term “ Rate ” shall include the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate and the ABR.

Undeveloped Land ” shall mean, (i) all Real Property set forth on Schedule 1.01(D) , (ii) all undeveloped land acquired after the Closing Date and (iii) any operating property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is subject to a casualty event that results in such property ceasing to be operational.

Unfunded Pension Liability ” shall mean, as of the most recent valuation date for the applicable Plan, the excess of (1) the Plan’s actuarial present value (determined on the basis of reasonable assumptions employed by the independent actuary for such Plan for purposes of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) of its benefit liabilities (as defined in Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA) over (2) the fair market value of the assets of such Plan.

Uniform Commercial Code ” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item or items of Collateral.

Unreimbursed Amount ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(c)(i).

Unrestricted Cash ” shall mean cash or cash equivalents of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries that would not appear as “restricted” on a combined or consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, including without limitation all “cage cash”; provided that an amount of cash and cash equivalents equal to $100,000,000 less the amount of Capital Expenditures incurred after March 1, 2014 in connection with the renovation and development of The Quad shall constitute “restricted cash” for purposes of this definition until such amount reaches zero Dollars.

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acquired or created after the Closing Date, that is designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary hereunder after the Closing Date by written notice to the Administrative Agent; provided , that the Borrower shall only be permitted to so designate a new Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date and so long as (a) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (b) such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be capitalized (to the extent capitalized by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) through Investments as permitted by, and in compliance with, Section 6.04, (c) without duplication of clause (b), any assets owned by such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of the initial designation thereof shall be treated as Investments pursuant to Section 6.04, and (c) such Subsidiary shall have been or will promptly be designated an “unrestricted subsidiary” (or otherwise not be subject to the covenants) under the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Indenture and all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof constituting Material Indebtedness and (3) any subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Borrower may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement (each, a “ Subsidiary Redesignation ”); provided , that (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) immediately after giving effect to such Subsidiary Redesignation, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance, and (iii) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifying to the best of such officer’s knowledge, compliance with the requirements of preceding clause (i).

U.S. Bankruptcy Code ” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

U.S. Lender ” shall mean any Lender that is a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

USA PATRIOT Act ” shall mean the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).

Venue Documents ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.05(p)(ii).

Venue Easements ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.05(p)(ii).

Waivable Mandatory Prepayment ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(e).

Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary ” of any person shall mean a Domestic Subsidiary of such person that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.

Wholly-Owned Subsidiary ” of any person shall mean a subsidiary of such person, all of the Equity Interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or nominee or other similar shares required pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such person or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such person.

 

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Withdrawal Liability ” shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

Working Capital ” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis at any date of determination, Current Assets at such date of determination minus Current Liabilities at such date of determination; provided , that, for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, increases or decreases in Working Capital shall be calculated without regard to any changes in Current Assets or Current Liabilities as a result of (a) any reclassification in accordance with GAAP of assets or liabilities, as applicable, between current and noncurrent or (b) the effects of purchase accounting.

SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally . The definitions set forth or referred to in Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any reference in this Agreement to any Loan Document shall mean such document as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided , that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.

SECTION 1.03. Effectuation of Transactions . Each of the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in this Agreement (and all corresponding definitions) are made after giving effect to the Transactions as shall have taken place on or prior to the date of determination, unless the context otherwise requires.

SECTION 1.04. Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents .

(a) Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by Loan Parties hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as applicable. No Default or Event of Default shall arise as a result of any limitation or threshold set forth in Dollars in Article VI or paragraph (f) or (j) of Section 7.01 being exceeded solely as a result of changes in currency exchange rates from those rates applicable on the first day of the fiscal quarter in which such determination occurs or in respect of which such determination is being made.

 

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SECTION 1.05. Times of Day . Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Local Time.

SECTION 1.06. Timing of Payment or Performance . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, when the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.

ARTICLE II

The Credits

SECTION 2.01. Commitments . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein:

(a) each Lender with a Term B Loan Commitment agrees to make Term B Loans in Dollars to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed its Term B Loan Commitment;

(b) each Lender with a Revolving Facility Commitment of a Class agrees to make Revolving Facility Loans of such Class in Dollars to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period for such Class of Revolving Facility in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) such Lender’s Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of such Class exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment of such Class and (ii) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of such Class exceeding the total Revolving Facility Commitments under such Class of Revolving Facility. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Facility Loans;

(c) each Lender having an Incremental Term Loan Commitment agrees, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement, to make Incremental Term Loans to the Borrower, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed its Incremental Term Loan Commitment;

(d) amounts borrowed under Section 2.01(a) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.

SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings .

(a) Each Revolving Facility Loan and Term Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans under the same Facility and of the same Class and Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments under the applicable Facility; provided , however , that Revolving Facility Loans of any Class shall be made by the Revolving Facility Lenders of such Class ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Facility Percentages of such Class on the date such Loans are made hereunder. The failure of

 

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any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided , that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.

(b) Subject to Section 2.14, each Borrowing of Revolving Facility Loans or Term Loans shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any ABR Loan or Eurocurrency Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided , that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such Lender shall not be entitled to any amounts payable under Section 2.15 or 2.17 solely in respect of increased costs resulting from such exercise and existing at the time of such exercise.

(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount not less than the Borrowing Minimum and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing, that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple. Subject to Section 2.05(c), at the time that each Term Borrowing or Revolving Facility Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is not less than the Borrowing Minimum and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing, that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple; provided , that an ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing under any Revolving Facility may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Revolving Facility Commitments thereunder. Borrowings of more than one Type and under more than one Facility may be outstanding at the same time; provided , that there shall not at any time be more than a total of (i) 4 Eurocurrency Borrowings outstanding under the Term Facilities and (ii) 6 Eurocurrency Borrowings outstanding under the Revolving Facility plus up to an additional 4 Eurocurrency Borrowings in respect of each Incremental Term Facility and an additional 6 Eurocurrency Borrowings in respect of each Incremental Revolving Facility.

SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings . (a) To request a Revolving Facility Borrowing and/or a Term Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., Local Time, three Business Days before the date of any proposed Borrowing denominated in Dollars or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on the Business Day of the proposed Borrowing; provided , that, to request a Borrowing on the Closing Date, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone not later than 5:00 p.m., Local Time, one Business Day prior to the Closing Date. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or electronic means to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) whether such Borrowing is to be a Borrowing of Revolving Facility Loans (and, if so, specifying the Class of Commitments under which such Borrowing is being made), Term B Loans, Other Term Loans, Refinancing Term Loans, Other Revolving Loans or Replacement Revolving Loans, as applicable;

 

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(ii) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

(iii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

(iv) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing;

(v) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and

(vi) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed; provided that in the case of the Borrowing on the Closing Date such account shall be the Escrow Account.

If no election as to the Type of Revolving Facility Borrowing or Term Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each applicable Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

SECTION 2.04. [Reserved] .

SECTION 2.05. The Letter of Credit Commitment .

(a) General .

(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Facility Lenders set forth in this Section 2.05, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from and including the Escrow Release Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit under any Revolving Facility denominated in Dollars or other currencies other than Dollars as may be acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuers in their sole discretion for the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with clause (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Facility Lenders under each Revolving Facility severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued under such Revolving Facility for the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit under any Revolving Facility, (w) the total Revolving Facility Credit Exposure under such Revolving Facility shall not exceed the total Revolving Facility Commitments under such Revolving Facility, (x) no Lender’s Revolving Facility Credit Exposure under such Revolving Facility shall exceed such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment under such Revolving Facility, (y) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit and (z) the L/C Obligations with respect to any L/C Issuer shall not exceed the applicable Specified L/C Sublimit of such L/C Issuer then in effect. Each request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a

 

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Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower or any Subsidiary may, during the foregoing period with respect to any Revolving Facility, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. All Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant hereto, and from and after the Escrow Release Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions hereof.

(ii) The L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit under any Revolving Facility, if:

(A) subject to Section 2.05(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension (or such longer period as may be agreed by the L/C Issuer and the Borrower); or

(B) subject to Section 2.05(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date for such Revolving Facility (except to the extent the Borrower provides Cash Collateral pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the L/C Issuer), unless all the Revolving Facility Lenders under such Revolving Facility have approved such expiry date (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

(iii) The L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit under any Revolving Facility if:

(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Requirement of Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;

(B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;

(C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $100,000, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or $500,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit;

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(E) a default of any Revolving Facility Lender’s obligations to fund under Section 2.05(c) exists or any Revolving Facility Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless the L/C Issuer has entered into satisfactory arrangements with the Borrower or such Revolving Facility Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Revolving Facility Lender.

(iv) The L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.

(v) The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.

(vi) The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Facility Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and the L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article VIII with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article VIII included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.

(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit .

(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount and currency thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and the Revolving Facility under which such Letter of Credit is being issued; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (G) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may reasonably request. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may reasonably request. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such

 

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other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, the L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Facility Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Section 4.01 shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit under any Revolving Facility, each Revolving Facility Lender under such Revolving Facility shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage under such Revolving Facility times the amount of such Letter of Credit.

(iii) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit under any Revolving Facility that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “ Auto-Extension Letter of Credit ”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “ Non-Extension Notice Date ”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit under any Revolving Facility has been issued, the Revolving Facility Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date under such Revolving Facility (except to the extent the Borrower provides Cash Collateral pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the L/C Issuer); provided , however , that the L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.05(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is five Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Majority Lenders under the Revolving Facility have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Facility Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.01 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.

 

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(iv) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit under any Revolving Facility that permits the automatic reinstatement of all or a portion of the stated amount thereof after any drawing thereunder (each, an “ Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit ”). Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer to permit such reinstatement. Once an Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit has been issued under any Revolving Facility, except as provided in the following sentence, the Revolving Facility Lenders under such Revolving Facility shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to reinstate all or a portion of the stated amount thereof in accordance with the provisions of such Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit permits the L/C Issuer to decline to reinstate all or any portion of the stated amount thereof after a drawing thereunder by giving notice of such non-reinstatement within a specified number of days after such drawing (the “ Non-Reinstatement Deadline ”), the L/C Issuer shall not permit such reinstatement if it has received a notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is five Business Days before the Non-Reinstatement Deadline (A) from the Administrative Agent that the Majority Lenders under the Revolving Facility have elected not to permit such reinstatement or (B) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Facility Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.01 is not then satisfied (treating such reinstatement as an L/C Credit Extension for purposes of this clause) and, in each case, directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such reinstatement.

(v) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations .

(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than (1) 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on the date that the L/C Issuer provides notice to the Borrower of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit or (2) 11:00 a.m., Local Time, on the next succeeding Business Day (if such notice is provided after 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on the date such notice is given) (each such applicable date, an “ Honor Date ”), the Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer (and the L/C Issuer shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any failure by the Borrower to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time) in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing and in the applicable currency or Dollars if requested by the L/C Issuer. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Facility Lender under the Revolving Facility pursuant to which such Letter of Credit was issued of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “ Unreimbursed Amount ”), and the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing of ABR Revolving Loans under the Revolving Facility under which such Letter of Credit was issued to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum Borrowing Minimums or Borrowing Multiples, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Facility

 

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Commitments under such Revolving Facility and the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 (other than the delivery of a Borrowing Request). Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.05(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.

(ii) Each Revolving Facility Lender under the Revolving Facility under which such Letter of Credit was issued shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer, at the Administrative Agent’s Office for the applicable currency in an amount equal to its Revolving Facility Percentage under such Revolving Facility of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.05(c)(iii), each Revolving Facility Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made an ABR Revolving Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the L/C Issuer in Dollars or in the applicable currency.

(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Borrowing of ABR Revolving Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the rate specified in Section 2.13(c). In such event, each Revolving Facility Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Revolving Facility Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.05.

(iv) Until each Revolving Facility Lender funds its ABR Revolving Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of the L/C Issuer.

(v) Each Revolving Facility Lender’s obligation to make ABR Revolving Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit under a revolving Facility under which such Lender has a Revolving Facility Commitment, as contemplated by this Section 2.05(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Facility Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided , however , that each Lender’s obligation to make ABR Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Borrowing Request). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.

 

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(vi) If any Revolving Facility Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.05(c) by the time specified in Section 2.05(c)(ii), the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s ABR Revolving Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Facility Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d) Repayment of Participations .

(i) At any time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Facility Lender such Revolving Facility Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.05(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Revolving Facility Lender its Revolving Facility Percentage thereof under the applicable Revolving Facility in Dollars and in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.

(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(i) in connection with the issuance of any Letter of Credit under any Revolving Facility is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 8.10 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Facility Lender under such Revolving Facility shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its Revolving Facility Percentage under such Revolving Facility thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Revolving Facility Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Revolving Facility Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

(e) Obligations Absolute . The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:

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(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the L/C Issuer or any other person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;

(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit that appears on its face to be valid proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;

(iv) any payment by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; or

(v) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will immediately notify the L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.

(f) Role of L/C Issuer . Each Revolving Facility Lender and the Borrower agrees that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Revolving Facility Lenders or the Majority Lenders under the Revolving Facility under which such Letter of Credit was issued, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided , however , that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the

 

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L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.05(e); provided , however , that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to special, indirect, consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by the L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or the L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.

(g) Cash Collateral .

(i) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the Borrower shall promptly Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations.

(ii) Sections 2.11(e), 2.22 and 7.01 set forth certain additional requirements to deliver Cash Collateral hereunder. For purposes of Sections 2.05, 2.11(e), 2.22 and 7.01, “ Cash Collateralize ” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Revolving Facility Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances (“ Cash Collateral ”), in each case, pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings. The Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Revolving Facility Lenders under any Revolving Facility under which a Letter of Credit is Cash Collateralized, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Except as otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent, Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at The Bank of New York.

(h) Applicability of ISP and UCP . Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.

(i) Conflict with Issuer Documents . In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.

 

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(j) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries . Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings, fees and costs under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.

(k) Additional L/C Issuers . From time to time, the Borrower may by notice to the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and the applicable Revolving Facility Lender designate such Revolving Facility Lender (in addition to the then existing L/C Issuer) to act as an L/C Issuer hereunder. In the event that there shall be more than one L/C Issuer hereunder, each reference to “the L/C Issuer” hereunder with respect to any L/C Issuer shall refer to the person that issued such Letter of Credit and each such additional L/C Issuer shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement as an L/C Issuer to the same extent as if it had been originally named as the L/C Issuer hereunder. Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit (including any Existing Letter of Credit) to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, each L/C Issuer (other than the then existing L/C Issuer) will also deliver to the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment. On the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December (and on such other dates as the Administrative Agent may request), each L/C Issuer shall provide the Administrative Agent a list of all Letters of Credit (including any Existing Letter of Credit) issued by it that are outstanding at such time together with such other information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

SECTION 2.06. Funding of Borrowings .

(a) Each Lender shall make each Term Loan or Revolving Facility Loan to be made by it hereunder available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office for the applicable currency not later than (i) 2:00 p.m., Local Time, in the case of any ABR Loan and (ii) 10:00 a.m., Local Time, in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan, in each case, on the Business Day specified in the applicable Borrowing Request. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower as specified in the Borrowing Request; provided , however , that if, on the date the Borrowing Request with respect to a Revolving Facility Borrowing is given by the Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing, first , shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and, second , shall be made available to the Borrower as provided above.

(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of ABR Loans, prior to 2:00 p.m., Local Time, on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.06(a) (or, in the case of a Borrowing of ABR

 

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Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.06(a)) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in Same Day Funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the Overnight Rate, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans under the applicable Facility. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 2.07. Interest Elections .

(a) Each Borrowing of Revolving Facility Loans or Term Loans initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section; provided , that except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurocurrency Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Loan. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Revolving Facility Borrowing or Term Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.

(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or electronic means to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in the form of Exhibit D and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

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thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing; and

(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period.”

If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender to which such Interest Election Request relates of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

(e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the written request (including a request through electronic means) of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing denominated in Dollars may be converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing, (ii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in Dollars shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (iii) each Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing shall, unless repaid, be continued as a Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

SECTION 2.08. Termination and Reduction of Commitments .

(a) Unless previously terminated, the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the Escrow Prepayment Date and (ii) the Revolving Facility Maturity Date with respect to such Class.

(b) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class; provided , that (i) each such reduction of the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1.0 million and not less than $5.0 million (or, if less, the remaining amount of such Class of Revolving Facility Commitments) and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Facility Loans in accordance with Section 2.11 under such

 

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Revolving Facility, the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of such Class (excluding any Cash Collateralized Letter of Credit) would exceed the total Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class.

(c) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class under clause (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction (or such shorter period acceptable to the Administrative Agent), specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the applicable Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided , that a notice of termination or reduction of the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, indentures or similar agreements or other transactions, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments of a Class shall be made ratably among the applicable Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments of such Class.

SECTION 2.09. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt .

(a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Facility Lender under each Revolving Facility the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Facility Loan under such Revolving Facility on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date with respect to such Revolving Facility and (ii) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan of such Lender as provided in Section 2.10.

(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount and currency of each Loan made hereunder, the Facility and Type thereof and the Interest Period (if any) applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) any amount received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.

(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided , that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

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(e) Any Lender may request that Loans of any Class made by it be evidenced by a promissory note (a “ Note ”). In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower. Thereafter, unless otherwise agreed to by the applicable Lender, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if requested by such payee, to such payee and its registered assigns).

SECTION 2.10. Repayment of Term Loans and Revolving Facility Loans .

(a) Subject to the other paragraphs of this Section,

(i) the Borrower shall repay Term B Borrowings on the last day of each March, June, September and December of each year (commencing on the last day of the first full fiscal quarter of the Borrower after the Escrow Release Date) and on the applicable Term Facility Maturity Date, or, if such date is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day (each such date being referred to as a “ Term B Loan Installment Date ”), in an aggregate principal amount of the Term B Loans equal to (A) in the case of quarterly payments due prior to the applicable Term Facility Maturity Date, an amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of Term B Loans outstanding on the Closing Date, and (B) in the case of such payment due on the applicable Term Facility Maturity Date, an amount equal to the then unpaid principal amount of the Term B Loans outstanding;

(ii) in the event that any Incremental Term Loans are made on an Increased Amount Date, the Borrower shall repay such Incremental Term Loans on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the related Incremental Assumption Agreement (each such date being referred to as an “ Incremental Term Loan Installment Date ”);

(iii) to the extent not previously paid, outstanding Term Loans shall be due and payable on the applicable Term Facility Maturity Date.

(b) To the extent not previously paid, outstanding Revolving Facility Loans of any Class shall be due and payable on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date with respect to such Class.

(c) Prepayment of the Term Loans from:

(i) all Net Proceeds pursuant to Section 2.11(b) and Excess Cash Flow pursuant to Section 2.11(c) shall be applied to the Term Loans pro rata among each Term Facility, with the application thereof being applied to the remaining installments thereof as the Borrower may direct; provided that, subject to the pro rata application to Loans outstanding within any Class of Term Loans, the Borrower may allocate such prepayment in its sole discretion among the Class or Classes of Term Loans as the Borrower may specify (so long as the initial Term B Loans incurred on the Closing Date are allocated at least their pro rata share of such prepayment);

 

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(ii) any optional prepayments of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(a) shall be applied to the remaining installments of the Term Loans as the Borrower may direct under the applicable Class or Classes as the Borrower may direct; and

(iii) any prepayment of Term Loans of a particular Class pursuant to Section 2.11(h) or 9.04(i) shall be applied to the remaining installments of such Class of Term Loans on a pro rata basis.

(d) Any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(b) or (c) shall be applied so that the aggregate amount of such prepayment is allocated among the Term Loans in the applicable Class or Classes of Term Loans (including Refinancing Term Loans and Other Term Loans, if any) to be repaid, pro rata based on the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Term Loans in the applicable Class or Classes, irrespective of whether such outstanding Term Loans are ABR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans (other than with respect to Other Term Loans or Refinancing Term Loans, to the extent the Incremental Assumption Agreement relating thereto does not so require); provided that if no Lenders exercise the right to waive a given mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(f), then, with respect to such mandatory prepayment, prior to the repayment of any Term Loan, the Borrower may select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by electronic means) of such selection not later than 12:00 p.m., Local Time, (i) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, at least one Business Day before the scheduled date of such prepayment and (ii) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, at least three Business Days before the scheduled date of such prepayment (or, in each case, such shorter period acceptable to the Administrative Agent); provided , that a notice of prepayment may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, indentures or similar agreements or other transactions, in each case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Repayments of Eurocurrency Borrowings pursuant to this Section 2.10 shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount repaid to the extent required by Section 2.13(d).

SECTION 2.11. Prepayment of Loans .

(a) (i) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Loan in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (except as provided in clause (ii) of this Section 2.11(a) and subject to Section 2.16), in an aggregate principal amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum or, if less, the amount outstanding, upon prior notice in accordance with Section 2.10(d). Each such notice shall be signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Class(es) and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurocurrency Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each applicable Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s pro rata share of such prepayment.

 

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(ii) Each voluntary prepayment of Term B Loans pursuant to this Section 2.11(a) shall be subject to the following:

(1) in the event of any voluntary prepayments of the Term B Loans pursuant to this Section 2.11(a) made prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the Borrower shall pay, or cause to be paid, to the applicable Lenders with respect to such Term B Loans a prepayment premium equal to the Applicable Premium on such date on the aggregate principal amount of the Term B Loans so prepaid; and

(2) in the event of any voluntary prepayments of the Term B Loans pursuant to this Section 2.11(a) made on or after the first anniversary of the Closing Date and prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, the Borrower shall pay, or cause to be paid, to the applicable Lenders with respect to such Term B Loans a prepayment premium equal to 1% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term B Loans so prepaid. No premium shall be payable on or after the second anniversary of the Closing Date.

(b) Subject to Section 2.11(f) and (g), the Borrower shall apply all Net Proceeds promptly upon receipt thereof to prepay Term Loans in accordance with clauses (c) and (d) of Section 2.10; provided that, with respect to Net Proceeds from Asset Sales, the Borrower may use a portion of such Net Proceeds to prepay or repurchase any First Lien Notes or other Indebtedness that is secured by pari passu Liens on the Collateral permitted by Section 6.02, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (x) the amount of such Net Proceeds multiplied by (y) a fraction, (A) the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness with a pari passu lien on the Collateral and (B) the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness and the outstanding principal amount of all Classes of Term Loans.

(c) Subject to Section 2.11(f) and (g), within five (5) Business Days after financial statements are delivered under Section 5.04(a) with respect to each Excess Cash Flow Period, the Borrower shall calculate Excess Cash Flow for such Excess Cash Flow Period and shall apply an amount equal to (i) the amount by which the Required Percentage of such Excess Cash Flow exceeds $5.0 million, minus (ii) the sum of (A) the amount of any voluntary prepayments during such Excess Cash Flow Period ( plus , without duplication of any amounts previously deducted under this clause (A), the amount of any voluntary prepayments after the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period but before the date of prepayment under this clause (c)) of Term Loans (it being understood that the amount of any such payment constituting a below-par Permitted Loan Purchase shall be calculated to equal the amount of cash used and not the principal amount deemed prepaid therewith) and (B) the amount of any permanent voluntary reductions during such Excess Cash Flow Period ( plus , without duplication of any amounts previously deducted under this clause (B), the amount of any permanent voluntary reductions after the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period but before the date of prepayment under this clause (c)) of Revolving Facility Commitments to the extent that an equal amount of Revolving Facility Loans was simultaneously repaid, to prepay Term Loans in accordance with clauses (c) and (d) of Section 2.10. Not later than the date on which the payment is required to be made pursuant to the foregoing sentence for each applicable Excess Cash Flow Period, the Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower setting forth the amount, if any, of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year, the amount of any required prepayment in respect thereof and the calculation thereof in reasonable detail.

 

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(d) If the Escrow Release Date has not occurred upon the earlier of (x) the date on which the Borrower determines in its sole discretion and notifies the Administrative Agent and the Escrow Agent that any of the Escrow Release Conditions cannot be satisfied and (y) the Outside Date (the earlier of such dates, the “ Escrow End Date ”), the Borrower will prepay on the Escrow Prepayment Date the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans funded into the Escrow Account (net of the Term Closing Fee funded on the Closing Date), together with all accrued and unpaid interest on the full aggregate principal amount of such Term Loans from the Closing Date to but excluding the Escrow Prepayment Date (collectively, the “ Escrow Prepayment Amount ”). In accordance with the provisions of the Escrow Agreement, the funds in the Escrow Account shall be released to the Administrative Agent on the Escrow Prepayment Date in an amount equal to the Escrow Prepayment Amount to fund the prepayment. Funds on deposit in the Escrow Account in excess of the Escrow Prepayment Amount shall be released to the Borrower on the Escrow Prepayment Date.

(e) If the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower at any time that the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure at such time exceed an amount equal to 105% of the Revolving Facility Commitments then in effect, then, within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall (at the Borrower’s option) prepay Revolving Facility Loans and/or the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure as of such date of payment to an amount not to exceed 100% of the Revolving Facility Commitments then in effect. The Administrative Agent may, at any time and from time to time after any such initial deposit of such Cash Collateral, request that additional Cash Collateral be provided in order to protect against the results of further exchange rate fluctuations.

(f) Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event the Borrower is required to make any mandatory prepayment (other than pursuant to Section 2.11(d)) (a “ Waivable Mandatory Prepayment ”) of the Term Loans, not less than three Business Days prior to the date (the “ Required Prepayment Date ”) on which the Borrower elects (or is otherwise required) to make such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of the amount of such prepayment, and the Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter notify each Lender holding an outstanding Term Loan of the amount of such Lender’s pro rata share of such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment and such Lender’s option to refuse such amount. Each such Lender may exercise such option by giving written notice to the Administrative Agent of its election to do so on or before the second Business Day prior to the Required Prepayment Date (it being understood that any Lender which does not notify the Administrative Agent of its election to exercise such option on or before the first Business Day prior to the Required Prepayment Date shall be deemed to have elected, as of such date, not to exercise such option). On the Required Prepayment Date, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent the amount of the Waivable Mandatory Prepayment less the amount of Declined Proceeds, which amount shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to prepay the Term Loans of those Lenders that have elected to accept such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment (each, an “ Accepting Lender ”) (which prepayment shall be applied to the scheduled installments of principal of the Term Loans in the applicable Class(es) of Term Loans in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (d) of Section 2.10), and the Borrower may retain a portion of the Waivable Mandatory Prepayment in an amount equal to that portion of the Waivable Mandatory Prepayment otherwise payable to those Lenders that have elected to exercise such option and

 

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decline such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment (such declined amounts, the “ Declined Proceeds ”). Such Declined Proceeds shall be retained by the Borrower and may be used for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement.

(g) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.11 to the contrary, (i) to the extent that any Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale by a Foreign Subsidiary or Excess Cash Flow attributable to a Foreign Subsidiary is prohibited, restricted or delayed by applicable local law from being repatriated to the United States, the portion of such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Term Loans at the times provided in Section 2.11(b) or Section 2.11(c) but may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law will not permit repatriation to the United States (the Borrower hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to promptly use commercially reasonable efforts to take all actions in its reasonable control that is reasonably required by the applicable local law to permit such repatriation), and once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable local law, such repatriation will be effected and such repatriated Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(b) or Section 2.11(c), to the extent provided herein and (ii) to the extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any or all of such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow would have a material adverse tax cost consequence with respect to such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, the Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary; provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), on or before the date on which any Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied to prepayments pursuant to Section 2.11(b) or Section 2.11(c), (x) the Borrower applies an amount equal to such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow to such prepayments as if such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been received by the Borrower rather than such Foreign Subsidiary, less the amount of additional taxes that would have been payable or reserved against if such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been repatriated (or, if less, Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow that would be calculated if received by such Foreign Subsidiary) or (y) such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is applied to the permanent repayment of Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary.

(h) (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.11(a) or 2.18(c) (which provisions shall not be applicable to this Section 2.11(h)), the Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay Term Loans and/or repay Revolving Facility Loans of any Class (with, in the case of Revolving Facility Loans under any Revolving Facility, a corresponding permanent reduction in the Revolving Facility Commitment of each Lender who receives a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment), to the Lenders at a discount to the par value of such Loans and on a non pro rata basis (each, a “ Discounted Voluntary Prepayment ”) pursuant to the procedures described in this Section 2.11(h); provided that (A) any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be offered to all Lenders with Term Loans of any Class and/or Revolving Facility Loans of any Class on a pro rata basis with all Lenders of such Class, and after giving effect to any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, there shall be sufficient aggregate Revolving Facility Commitments among the Revolving Facility Lenders to apply to the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, unless the Borrower shall concurrently with the payment of the purchase price by the Borrower for such Revolving Facility Loans, deposit cash collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.05(g) in the amount

 

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of any such excess Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations and (B) the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower stating (1) that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment (after giving effect to any related waivers or amendments obtained in connection with such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment), (2) that each of the conditions to such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment contained in this Section 2.11(h) has been satisfied and (3) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Loans so prepaid pursuant to such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment.

(ii) To the extent the Borrower seeks to make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, the Borrower will provide written notice to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit G (each, a “ Discounted Prepayment Option Notice ”) that the Borrower desires to prepay Term Loans and/or repay Revolving Facility Loans of an applicable Class (with a corresponding permanent reduction in Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class) in each case in an aggregate principal amount specified therein by the Borrower (each, a “ Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount ”), in each case at a discount to the par value of such Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Loans as specified below. The Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount of Term Loans or Revolving Facility Loans shall not be less than $5.0 million. The Discounted Prepayment Option Notice shall further specify with respect to the proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment: (A) the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount for Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Loans of the applicable Class, (B) a discount range (which may be a single percentage) selected by the Borrower with respect to such proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment equal to a percentage of par of the principal amount of Term Loans or Revolving Facility Loans of such Class (the “ Discount Range ”) and (C) the date by which Lenders are required to indicate their election to participate in such proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment which shall be at least five Business Days following the date of the Discounted Prepayment Option Notice (the “ Acceptance Date ”). Upon receipt of a Discounted Prepayment Option Notice with respect to Revolving Facility Loans, the Administrative Agent shall notify the L/C Issuer thereof and Discounted Voluntary Prepayments in respect thereof shall be subject to the consent of the L/C Issuer, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

(iii) Upon receipt of a Discounted Prepayment Option Notice and receipt by the Administrative Agent of any required consent from the L/C Issuer in accordance with Section 2.11(h)(ii), the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. On or prior to the Acceptance Date, each such Lender may specify by written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit H (each, a “ Lender Participation Notice ”) to the Administrative Agent (A) a maximum discount to par (the “ Acceptable Discount ”) within the Discount Range (for example, a Lender specifying a discount to par of 20% would accept a purchase price of 80% of the par value of the Loans to be prepaid) and (B) a maximum principal amount (subject to rounding requirements specified by the Administrative Agent) of Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Loans held by such Lender with respect to which such Lender is willing to permit a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment at the Acceptable Discount (“ Offered Loans ”). Based on the Acceptable Discounts and principal amounts of Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Loans of the applicable Class(es) specified by the Lenders in the applicable Lender Participation Notice, the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, shall determine the applicable discount for Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Loans of the applicable Class(es) (the “ Applicable Discount ”), which

 

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Applicable Discount shall be (A) the percentage specified by the Borrower if the Borrower has selected a single percentage pursuant to Section 2.11(h)(ii) for the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment or (B) otherwise, the highest Acceptable Discount at which the Borrower can pay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount in full (determined by adding the principal amounts of Offered Loans commencing with the Offered Loans with the highest Acceptable Discount); provided , however , that in the event that such Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount cannot be repaid in full at any Acceptable Discount, the Applicable Discount shall be the lowest Acceptable Discount specified by the Lenders that is within the Discount Range. The Applicable Discount shall be applicable for all Lenders who have offered to participate in the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment and have Qualifying Loans (as defined below). Any Lender with outstanding Loans whose Lender Participation Notice is not received by the Administrative Agent by the Acceptance Date shall be deemed to have declined to accept a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment of any of its Loans at any discount to their par value within the Applicable Discount.

(iv) The Borrower shall make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment by prepaying those Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Loans (or the respective portions thereof) (with, in the case of Revolving Facility Loans, a corresponding permanent reduction in Revolving Facility Commitments) of the applicable Class(es) offered by the Lenders (“ Qualifying Lenders ”) that specify an Acceptable Discount that is equal to or greater than the Applicable Discount (“ Qualifying Loans ”) at the Applicable Discount; provided that if the aggregate proceeds required to prepay all Qualifying Loans (disregarding any interest payable at such time) would exceed the amount of aggregate proceeds required to prepay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount, such amounts in each case calculated by applying the Applicable Discount, the Borrower shall prepay such Qualifying Loans ratably among the Qualifying Lenders based on their respective principal amounts of such Qualifying Loans (subject to rounding requirements specified by the Administrative Agent). If the aggregate proceeds required to prepay all Qualifying Loans (disregarding any interest payable at such time) would be less than the amount of aggregate proceeds required to prepay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount, such amounts in each case calculated by applying the Applicable Discount, the Borrower shall prepay all Qualifying Loans.

(v) Each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be made within five Business Days of the Acceptance Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably agree, given the time required to calculate the Applicable Discount and determine the amount and holders of Qualifying Loans), without premium or penalty (but subject to Section 2.16), upon irrevocable notice substantially in the form of Exhibit I (each a “ Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice ”), delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than 1:00 P.M. Local time, three Business Days prior to the date of such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, which notice shall specify the date and amount of the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment and the Applicable Discount determined by the Administrative Agent. Upon receipt of any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. If any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable to the applicable Lenders, subject to the Applicable Discount on the applicable Loans, on the date specified therein together with accrued interest (on the par principal amount) to but not including such date on the amount prepaid.

 

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(vi) To the extent not expressly provided for herein, each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be consummated pursuant to reasonable procedures (including as to timing, rounding, minimum amounts, Type and Interest Periods and calculation of Applicable Discount in accordance with Section 2.11(h)(iii) above) established by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower.

(vii) Prior to the delivery of a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, (A) the Borrower may withdraw its offer to make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment pursuant to any Discounted Prepayment Option Notice and (B) any Lender may withdraw its offer to participate in a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment pursuant to any Lender Participation Notice.

SECTION 2.12. Fees .

(a) From and after the Escrow Release Date, Borrower agrees to pay to each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), through the Administrative Agent, on the date that is three Business Days after the last Business Day of March, June, September and December in each year, and the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Lender shall be terminated as provided herein, a commitment fee in Dollars (a “ Commitment Fee ”) on the daily amount of the Available Unused Commitment of such Lender during the preceding quarter (or other period commencing with the Escrow Release Date or ending with the date on which the last of the Commitments of such Lender shall be terminated) at a rate equal to the Applicable Commitment Fee with respect to such Lender. All Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days. The Commitment Fee due to each Lender shall commence to accrue on the Escrow Release Date and shall cease to accrue on the date on which the last of the Commitments of such Lender shall be terminated as provided herein.

(b) The Borrower from time to time agrees to pay (i) to each Revolving Facility Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender; provided that at any time that an L/C Issuer has Fronting Exposure to a Defaulting Lender, until such Fronting Exposure has been reduced to zero, the L/C Participation Fee attributable to such Fronting Exposure in respect of Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer shall be payable to such L/C Issuer) under any Revolving Facility, through the Administrative Agent, three Business Days after the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of all the Lenders under such Revolving Facility shall be terminated as provided herein, a fee (an “ L/C Participation Fee ”) on such Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of the daily aggregate Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations (excluding the portion thereof attributable to Unreimbursed Amounts) of such Class, during the preceding quarter (or shorter period commencing with the Escrow Release Date or ending with the Revolving Facility Maturity Date with respect to such Revolving Facility or the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class shall be terminated) at the rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowings of such Class made by such Lender effective for each day in such period and (ii) to each L/C Issuer, for its own account (x) three Business Days after the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of all the Lenders shall be terminated as provided herein, a fronting fee in Dollars in respect of each Letter of Credit

 

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issued by such L/C Issuer for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to and including the termination of such Letter of Credit, computed at a rate equal to 1/8 of 1% per annum of the daily stated amount of such Letter of Credit), plus (y) in connection with the issuance, amendment or transfer of any such Letter of Credit or any drawing thereunder, such L/C Issuer’s customary documentary and processing fees and charges (collectively, “ L/C Issuer Fees ”). All L/C Participation Fees and L/C Issuer Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days.

(c) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Administrative Agent, the agency fees set forth in the Fee Letter, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, at the times specified therein (the “ Administrative Agent Fees ”).

(d) All Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, if and as appropriate, among the Lenders, except that L/C Issuer Fees shall be paid directly to the applicable L/C Issuers. Once paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable under any circumstances.

(e) The Borrower agrees to pay (i) on the Closing Date to each Lender party to this Agreement on the Closing Date, as fee compensation for the funding of such Lender’s Term B Loan, a closing fee in an amount equal to 0.50% of the stated principal amount of such Lender’s Term B Loan, payable to such Lender from the proceeds of its Term B Loan as and when funded on the Closing Date (the “ Term Closing Fee ”), (ii) on the Closing Date to each Lender party to this Agreement on the Closing Date, as fee compensation for such Lender’s Term B Loan Commitment, a ticking fee on the stated principal amount of such Lender’s Term B Loan Commitment for the period from May 1, 2014 to (but excluding) the Closing Date at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate plus the Applicable Margin (the “ Ticking Fee ”) and (iii) on the Escrow Release Date to each Revolving Facility Lender party to this Agreement on the Closing Date as fee compensation for such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment, a closing fee in an amount equal to 0.50% of the stated principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment on the Closing Date (the “ Revolving Closing Fee ” and, together with the Term Closing Fee and the Ticking Fee, the “ Closing Fees ”). Such Term Closing Fee and Ticking Fee will be in all respects fully earned, due and payable on the Closing Date and nonrefundable and non-creditable thereafter. Such Revolving Closing Fee will be in all respects fully earned, due and payable on the Escrow Release Date and nonrefundable and non-creditable thereafter.

SECTION 2.13. Interest .

(a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the ABR plus the Applicable Margin.

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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any Fees or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other overdue amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section; provided , that this paragraph (c) shall not apply to any Event of Default that has been waived by the Lenders pursuant to Section 9.08.

(d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears (i) on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan, (ii) in the case of Revolving Facility Loans under any Revolving Facility, upon termination of the Revolving Facility Commitments with respect to such Revolving Facility and (iii) in the case of the Term Loans, on the applicable Term Facility Maturity Date; provided , that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, and (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment.

(e) All Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, and all interest computed by reference to the ABR shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable ABR, Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate or Eurocurrency Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

SECTION 2.14. Alternate Rate of Interest . If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Borrowing:

(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or

(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders or the Majority Lenders under the Revolving Facility that the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or electronic means as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in the applicable currency shall be ineffective and in the case of any Borrowing denominated in Dollars, such Borrowing shall be converted to or continued as on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as an ABR Borrowing and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing in Dollars, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing.

 

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SECTION 2.15. Increased Costs .

(a) If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate) or L/C Issuer;

(ii) subject any Lender or L/C Issuer to any Tax with respect to any Loan Document or any Eurocurrency Loan made by it or any Letter of Credit or participation therein (other than Taxes indemnifiable under Section 2.17 or Excluded Taxes); or

(iii) impose on any Lender or the L/C Issuer or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurocurrency Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender or L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) If any Lender or L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or such L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower shall pay to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(c) A certificate of a Lender or an L/C Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or L/C Issuer or its holding company, as applicable, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

 

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(d) Promptly after any Lender or any L/C Issuer has determined that it will make a request for increased compensation pursuant to this Section 2.15, such Lender or L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower thereof. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation; provided , that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an L/C Issuer pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided , further , that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

SECTION 2.16. Break Funding Payments . In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurocurrency Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto or (c) the assignment of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurocurrency Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to be the amount determined by such Lender (it being understood that the deemed amount shall not exceed the actual amount) to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue a Eurocurrency Loan, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in dollars of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the Eurocurrency market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

SECTION 2.17. Taxes .

(a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for any Taxes except as required by law; provided , that if any applicable withholding agent shall be required to withhold or deduct any Taxes in respect of any such payments, then (i) if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax or Other Tax, the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after all required withholding or deductions have been made (including withholding or deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.17) the applicable Lender (or, in the case of a payment to the Administrative Agent for its own account, the Administrative Agent), receives an amount equal to the sum it would have

 

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received had no such withholding or deductions been made, (ii) the applicable withholding agent shall make such withholding or deductions and (iii) the applicable withholding agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(b) In addition, the Loan Parties shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(c) Each Loan Party shall jointly and severally indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes payable by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.17), and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to such Loan Party by a Lender, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf, on behalf of another Agent or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by a Loan Party to a Governmental Authority, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(e) Each Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), two original copies of whichever of the following is applicable: (i) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto), claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States of America is a party, (ii) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto), (iii) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (a “ Non-Bank Certificate ”), and (y) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto), (iv) to the extent the Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner (e.g., where the Foreign Lender is a partnership or participating Lender), duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY, together with appropriate forms and certificates described in Sections 2.17(e)(i) through (iii) and any additional Form W-8IMYs, withholding statements and other information as may be required by law ( provided that, where a Foreign Lender is a partnership (and not a participating Lender) and one or more of its direct or indirect partners are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, the Foreign Lender may provide the Non-Bank Certificate on behalf of such direct or indirect partners) or (v) any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States federal withholding tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

 

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(f) Each U.S. Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto) certifying that such U.S. Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding on or before the date such U.S. Lender becomes a party and upon the expiration of any form previously delivered by such U.S. Lender.

(g) If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA, to determine whether such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA and to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment.

(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of Section 2.17(e), (f) or (g), a Lender shall not be required to deliver any form that such Lender is not legally eligible to deliver.

(i) Each Lender shall, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders any documentation previously provided pursuant to Sections 2.17(e), (f) or (g) obsolete, expired or inaccurate in any respect, deliver promptly to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent updated or other appropriate documentation (including any new documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal ineligibility to do so.

(j) If the Borrower determines that a reasonable basis exists for contesting an Indemnified Tax or Other Tax for which a Loan Party has paid additional amounts or indemnification payments, each affected Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower as the Borrower may reasonably request in contesting such Tax; provided that nothing in this Section 2.17(j) shall obligate any Lender or the Administrative Agent to take any action that such person, in its sole judgment, determines may result in a material detriment to such person. The Borrower shall indemnify and hold each Lender and the Administrative Agent harmless against any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such person in connection with any request made by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.17(j). Any refund received from a successful contest shall be governed by Section 2.17(k).

 

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(k) If the Administrative Agent or a Lender has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by a Loan Party or with respect to which such Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17, it shall pay over such refund to such Loan Party (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such Loan Party under this Section 2.17 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender (including any Taxes imposed with respect to such refund) as is determined by the Administrative Agent or Lender in good faith, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided , that such Loan Party, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay as soon as reasonably practicable the amount paid over to such Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. In such event, such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall, at the applicable Loan Party’s request, provide such Loan Party with a copy of any notice of assessment or other evidence of the requirement to repay such refund received from the relevant Governmental Authority ( provided that such Lender or the Administrative Agent may delete any information therein that it deems confidential). A Lender or the Administrative Agent shall claim any refund that it determines is available to it, unless it concludes in its sole discretion that it would be adversely affected by making such a claim. This Section 2.17(k) shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes which it deems in good faith to be confidential) to the Loan Parties or any other person. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event will any Lender be required to pay any amount to a Loan Party the payment of which would place such Lender in a less favorable net after tax position than such Lender would have been in if the additional amounts giving rise to such refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes had never been paid.

(l) If any Administrative Agent is a “United States person” (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code), it shall provide the Borrower, on or before the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement, with two duly completed original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any successor form) certifying that such Administrative Agent is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding. If any Administrative Agent is not a “United States person” (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code), on or before the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement, it shall provide (1) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or any successor form) with respect to payments to be received by it as a beneficial owner and (2) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (or any successor form), together with required accompanying documentation, with respect to payments to be received by it on behalf of the Lenders. Each Administrative Agent shall, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders any documentation previously provided pursuant to this Section 2.17(l) obsolete, expired or inaccurate in any respect, deliver promptly to the Borrower updated or other appropriate documentation (including any new documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower) or promptly notify the Borrower in writing of its legal ineligibility to do so. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, nothing in this Section 2.17(l) shall require any Administrative Agent to provide any documentation that it is not legally eligible to provide as a result of any Change in Law after the date hereof.

(m) For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Lender” shall, for purposes of this Section 2.17, include any L/C Issuer.

 

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SECTION 2.18. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs .

(a) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of drawings under Letters of Credit, or of amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.16, or 2.17, or otherwise) without condition or deduction for any defense, recoupment, set-off or counterclaim. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in Same Day Funds not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, on the date specified herein. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent to the applicable account designated to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent, except payments to be made directly to the applicable L/C Issuer as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.05 shall be made directly to the persons entitled thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may require that any payments due under this Agreement be made in the United States. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. Any payment required to be made by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if the Administrative Agent shall, at or before such time, have taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by the Administrative Agent to make such payment.

(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower to pay fully all amounts of principal, Unreimbursed Amounts, interest and fees then due from the Borrower hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due from the Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties and (ii) second, towards payment of principal of Loans and Unreimbursed Amounts then due from the Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and Unreimbursed Amounts then due to such parties.

(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans or participations in Letters of Credit resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender entitled thereto, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase participations in the Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans and participations in

 

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Letters of Credit of other Lenders entitled thereto to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders entitled thereto ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans and participations in Letters of Credit; provided , that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph (c) shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 2.11(h) and Section 9.04(i)) or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in Letters of Credit to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph (c) shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuer hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuer, as applicable, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuer, as applicable, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or L/C Issuer with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the Overnight Rate.

(e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.05(d) or (e), 2.06(b) or 2.18(d), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.

SECTION 2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders .

(a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17, as applicable, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender in any material respect. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

 

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(b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, or if any Lender is the subject of a Disqualification, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided , that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and, if in respect of any Revolving Facility Commitment or Revolving Facility Loan, the L/C Issuer), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in L/C Obligations, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. Nothing in this Section 2.19 shall be deemed to prejudice any rights that the Borrower may have against any Lender that is a Defaulting Lender. No action by or consent of the removed Lender shall be necessary in connection with such assignment, which shall be immediately and automatically effective upon payment of such purchase price. In connection with any such assignment the Borrower, Administrative Agent, such removed Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 9.04; provided , that if such removed Lender does not comply with Section 9.04 within one Business Day after the Borrower’s request, compliance with Section 9.04 shall not be required to effect such assignment.

(c) If any Lender (such Lender, a “ Non-Consenting Lender ”) has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination which pursuant to the terms of Section 9.08 requires the consent of all of the Lenders affected and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have granted their consent, then the Borrower shall have the right (unless such Non-Consenting Lender grants such consent) at its sole expense (including with respect to the processing and recordation fee referred to in Section 9.04(b)(ii)(B)) to replace such Non-Consenting Lender by deeming such Non-Consenting Lender to have assigned its Loans, and its Commitments hereunder to one or more assignees reasonably acceptable to (i) the Administrative Agent (unless, in the case of an assignment of Term Loans, such assignee is a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund) and (ii) if in respect of any Revolving Facility Commitment or Revolving Facility Loan and the L/C Issuer); provided , that: (a) all Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Non-Consenting Lender being replaced shall be paid in full to such Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such assignment (including any amount payable pursuant to Section 2.11(a)) and (b) the replacement Lender shall purchase the foregoing by paying to such Non-Consenting Lender a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon. No action by or consent of the Non-Consenting Lender shall be necessary in connection with such assignment, which shall be immediately and

 

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automatically effective upon payment of such purchase price. In connection with any such assignment the Borrower, Administrative Agent, such Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 9.04; provided , that if such Non-Consenting Lender does not comply with Section 9.04 within one Business Day after the Borrower’s request, compliance with Section 9.04 shall not be required to effect such assignment.

SECTION 2.20. Illegality . If any Lender reasonably determines that any Change in Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted after the Closing Date that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable lending office to make or maintain any Eurocurrency Loans in any currency, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, any obligations of such Lender to make or continue Eurocurrency Loans in such currency or to convert ABR Borrowings to Eurocurrency Borrowings shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) to either (i) in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars if the affected Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Loans as Eurocurrency Loans until the last day of such Interest Period, convert all Eurocurrency Loans of such Lender to ABR Loans on the last day of such Interest Period (or, otherwise, immediately convert such Eurocurrency Loans to ABR Loans) or (ii) prepay such Eurocurrency Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.

SECTION 2.21. Incremental Commitments .

(a) The Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time after the Escrow Release Date, request Incremental Term Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, as applicable, in an amount not to exceed the Incremental Amount at the time such Incremental Commitments are established from one or more Incremental Term Lenders and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Lenders (which may include any existing Lender) willing to provide such Incremental Term Loans and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, as the case may be, in their own discretion. Such notice shall set forth (i) the amount of the Incremental Term Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments being requested (which shall be in minimum increments of $5.0 million and a minimum amount of $10.0 million or equal to the remaining Incremental Amount or in each case such lesser amount approved by the Administrative Agent), (ii) the date on which such Incremental Term Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments are requested to become effective (the “ Increased Amount Date ”), (iii) in the case of Incremental Term Loan Commitments, whether such Incremental Term Loan Commitments are to be commitments to make term loans with terms identical to Term B Loans or commitments to make term loans with pricing terms and/or amortization and/or participation in mandatory prepayments or commitment reductions and/or maturity and/or junior ranking as to security and/or other terms different from the Term B Loans (“ Other Term Loans ”) and (iv) in the case of Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, whether such Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments are to be commitments to make additional Revolving Facility Loans on the same terms as the Initial Revolving Loans or commitments to make revolving loans with pricing terms and/or participation in mandatory prepayments or commitment reductions and/or maturity and/or other terms different from the Initial Revolving Loans (“ Other Revolving Loans ”).

 

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(b) The Borrower and each Incremental Term Lender and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Assumption Agreement and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the Incremental Term Loan Commitment of such Incremental Term Lender and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment of such Incremental Revolving Facility Lender. Each Incremental Assumption Agreement shall specify the terms of the applicable Incremental Term Loans and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments; provided , that

(i) except as to pricing, amortization, final maturity date, participation in mandatory prepayments and ranking as to security (which shall, subject to clause (ii) through (iv) of this proviso, be determined by the Borrower and the Incremental Term Lenders in their sole discretion), the Other Term Loans shall have (x) the same terms as the Term B Loans, as applicable, or (y) such other terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,

(ii) the Other Term Loans shall rank pari passu or, at the option of the Borrower, junior in right of security with the Term B Loans ( provided , that if such Other Term Loans rank junior in right of security with the Term B Loans, (x) such other Term Loans shall be established as a separate facility from the Term B Facility, (y) such Other Term Loans shall be subject to a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement and (z), for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be subject to clause (viii) below),

(iii) the final maturity date of any Other Term Loans shall be no earlier than the latest Term B Facility Maturity Date in effect on the date of incurrence,

(iv) the weighted average life to maturity of any Other Term Loans shall be no shorter than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Term B Loans,

(v) except as to pricing, amortization, final maturity date and participation in mandatory prepayments (which shall, subject to clause (vi) and (vii) of this proviso, be determined by the Borrower and the Incremental Revolving Facility Lenders in their sole discretion), the Other Revolving Loans shall have (x) substantially the same terms as the Initial Revolving Loans or (y) such other terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,

(vi) the Other Revolving Loans shall rank pari passu in right of security with the Initial Revolving Loans,

(vii) the final maturity date of any Other Revolving Loans shall be no earlier than the Revolving Facility Maturity Date with respect to the Initial Revolving Loans,

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B Loans on the Closing Date, except that the All-in Yield in respect of any such Other Term Loan may exceed the All-in Yield in respect of such Term B Loans on the Closing Date by no more than 0.50%, or if it does so exceed such All-in Yield (such difference, the “ Term Yield Differential ”) then the Applicable Margin (or the “LIBOR floor” as provided in the following proviso) applicable to such Term B Loans shall be increased such that after giving effect to such increase, the Term Yield Differential shall not exceed 0.50%; provided that, to the extent any portion of the Term Yield Differential is attributable to a higher “LIBOR floor” being applicable to such Other Term Loans, such floor shall only be included in the calculation of the Term Yield Differential to the extent such floor is greater than the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate in effect for an Interest Period of three months’ duration at such time, and, with respect to such excess, the “LIBOR floor” applicable to the outstanding Term B Loans shall be increased to an amount not to exceed the “LIBOR floor” applicable to such Other Term Loans prior to any increase in the Applicable Margin applicable to such Term B Loans then outstanding, and

(ix) (A) the Other Revolving Loans may participate on a pro rata basis or a less than pro rata basis (but not a greater than pro rata basis) than the Initial Revolving Loans in (x) any voluntary or mandatory prepayment or commitment reduction hereunder and (y) any Borrowing at the time such Borrowing is made and (B) the Other Term Loans may participate on a pro rata basis or a less than pro rata basis (but not a greater than pro rata basis) than the Term B Loans in any mandatory prepayment hereunder.

Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Assumption Agreement, this Agreement shall be amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Incremental Term Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments evidenced thereby as provided for in Section 9.08(e). Any amendment to this Agreement or any other Loan Document that is necessary to effect the provisions of this Section 2.21 and any such collateral and other documentation shall be deemed “Loan Documents” hereunder and such deemed amendment may be memorialized in writing by the Administrative Agent with the Borrower’s consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) and furnished to the other parties hereto.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incremental Term Loan Commitment or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment shall become effective under this Section 2.21 unless (i) on the date of such effectiveness, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom or (ii) in the case of an Incremental Term Loan Commitment or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment incurred in connection with a Permitted Business Acquisition or another Investment permitted hereunder, on the date of such effectiveness, no Event of Default under Section 7.01(b), (c), (h) or (i) shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom.

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Class of outstanding Revolving Facility Loans on a pro rata basis. The Borrower agrees that Section 2.16 shall apply to any conversion of Eurocurrency Loans to ABR Loans reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to effect the foregoing.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, including Section 2.11(a) or Section 2.18(c) (which provisions shall not be applicable to clauses (e) through (i) of this Section 2.21), pursuant to one or more offers made from time to time after the Escrow Release Date by the Borrower to all Lenders of any Class of Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Commitments, on a pro rata basis (based, in the case of an offer to the Lenders under any Class of Term Loans, on the aggregate outstanding Term Loans of such Class and, in the case of an offer to the Lenders under any Revolving Facility, on the aggregate outstanding Revolving Facility Commitments under such Revolving Facility, as applicable) and on the same terms (“ Pro Rata Extension Offers ”), the Borrower is hereby permitted to consummate transactions with individual Lenders from time to time to extend the maturity date of such Lender’s Loans and/or Commitments of such Class and to otherwise modify the terms of such Lender’s Loans and/or Commitments of such Class pursuant to the terms of the relevant Pro Rata Extension Offer (including without limitation increasing the interest rate or fees payable in respect of such Lender’s Loans and/or Commitments and/or modifying the amortization schedule in respect of such Lender’s Loans). For the avoidance of doubt, the reference to “on the same terms” in the preceding sentence shall mean, in the case of an offer to the Lenders under any Class of Term Loans, that all of the Term Loans of such Class and, in the case of an offer to the Lenders under any Revolving Facility, that all of the Revolving Facility Commitments in respect of such Revolving Facility are, in each case, offered to be extended for the same amount of time and that the interest rate changes and fees payable with respect to such extension are the same. Any such extension (an “ Extension ”) agreed to between the Borrower and any such Lender (an “ Extending Lender ”) will be established under this Agreement by implementing an Incremental Term Loan for such Lender (if such Lender is extending an existing Term Loan (such extended Term Loan, an “ Extended Term Loan ”)) or an Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment for such Lender (if such Lender is extending an existing Revolving Facility Commitment (such extended Revolving Facility Commitment, an “ Extended Revolving Facility Commitment ”)).

(f) The Borrower and each Extending Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Assumption Agreement and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Facility Commitments of such Extending Lender. Each Incremental Assumption Agreement shall specify the terms of the applicable Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Facility Commitments; provided that (i) except as to interest rates, fees, any other pricing terms, amortization, final maturity date and participation in prepayments and commitment reductions (which shall, subject to clauses (ii) and (iii) of this proviso, be determined by the Borrower and set forth in the Pro Rata Extension Offer), the Extended Term Loans shall have (x) the same terms as the existing Class of Term Loans or (y) such other terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (ii) the final maturity date of any Extended Term Loans shall be no earlier than the latest Term Facility Maturity Date in effect on the date of incurrence, (iii) the weighted average life to maturity of any Extended Term Loans shall be no shorter than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Class of Term Loans to which such offer relates, (iv) except as to interest rates, fees, any other pricing terms, participation in mandatory prepayments and commitment reductions and final maturity (which

 

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shall be determined by the Borrower and set forth in the Pro Rata Extension Offer), any Extended Revolving Facility Commitment shall have (x) the same terms as an existing Class of Revolving Facility Commitments or (y) have such other terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (v) any Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Facility Commitments may participate on a pro rata basis or a less than pro rata basis (but not greater than a pro rata basis) in any voluntary or mandatory repayments or prepayments hereunder. Upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Assumption Agreement, this Agreement shall be amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Facility Commitments evidenced thereby as provided for in Section 9.08(e). Any such deemed amendment may be memorialized in writing by the Administrative Agent with the Borrower’s consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) and furnished to the other parties hereto. If provided in any Incremental Assumption Agreement with respect to any Extended Revolving Facility Commitments, and with the consent of each L/C Issuer, participations in Letters of Credit shall be reallocated to lenders holding such Extended Revolving Facility Commitments in the manner specified in such Incremental Assumption Agreement, including upon effectiveness of such Extended Revolving Facility Commitment or upon or prior to the maturity date for any Class of Revolving Facility Commitments.

(g) Upon the effectiveness of any such Extension, the applicable Extending Lender’s Term Loan will be automatically designated an Extended Term Loan and/or such Extending Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment will be automatically designated an Extended Revolving Facility Commitment. For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (i) if such Extending Lender is extending a Term Loan, such Extending Lender will be deemed to have an Incremental Term Loan having the terms of such Extended Term Loan and (ii) if such Extending Lender is extending a Revolving Facility Commitment, such Extending Lender will be deemed to have an Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment having the terms of such Extended Revolving Facility Commitment.

(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including without limitation this Section 2.21), (i) the aggregate amount of Extended Term Loans and Extended Revolving Facility Commitments will not be included in the calculation of the Incremental Amount, (ii) no Extended Term Loan or Extended Revolving Facility Commitment is required to be in any minimum amount or any minimum increment, (iii) any Extending Lender may extend all or any portion of its Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Commitment pursuant to one or more Pro Rata Extension Offers (subject to applicable proration in the case of over participation) (including the extension of any Extended Term Loan and/or Extended Revolving Facility Commitment), (iv) there shall be no condition to any Extension of any Loan or Commitment at any time or from time to time other than notice to the Administrative Agent of such Extension and the terms of the Extended Term Loan or Extended Revolving Facility Commitment implemented thereby and (v) all Extended Term Loans, Extended Revolving Facility Commitments and all obligations in respect thereof shall be Loan Obligations of the relevant Loan Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with all other Obligations of the relevant Loan Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

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(i) Each Extension shall be consummated pursuant to procedures set forth in the associated Pro Rata Extension Offer; provided that the Borrower shall cooperate with the Administrative Agent prior to making any Pro Rata Extension Offer to establish reasonable procedures with respect to mechanical provisions relating to such Extension, including, without limitation, timing, rounding and other adjustments.

(j) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, including Section 2.11(a) or Section 2.18(c) (which provisions shall not be applicable to clause (j) through (o) of this Section 2.21), the Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent establish one or more additional tranches of term loans under this Agreement after the Escrow Release Date (such loans, “ Refinancing Term Loans ”), the net cash proceeds of which are used to Refinance in whole or in part any Class of Term Loans. Each such notice shall specify the date (each, a “ Refinancing Effective Date ”) on which the Borrower proposes that the Refinancing Term Loans shall be made, which shall be a date not less than five Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion); provided that: (i) before and after giving effect to the borrowing of such Refinancing Term Loans on the Refinancing Effective Date each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 shall be satisfied to the extent required by the relevant Incremental Assumption Agreement governing such Refinancing Term Loans (except that no Default or Event of Default pursuant to Section 7.01(b), (c), (h) or (i) shall have occurred and be continuing); (ii) the weighted average life to maturity of such Refinancing Term Loans shall be no shorter than the then remaining weighted average life to maturity of the refinanced Term Loans; (iii) such Refinancing Term Loans shall not have a final maturity date prior to the maturity of the refinanced Term Loans; (iv) there are no borrowers or guarantors in respect of the Refinancing Term Loans that are not the Borrower or a Loan Party; and (v) all other terms applicable to such Refinancing Term Loans (other than provisions relating to original issue discount, upfront fees, interest rates or any other pricing terms and optional prepayment or mandatory prepayment or redemption terms and final maturity which shall be as agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders providing such Refinancing Term Loans) taken as a whole shall be substantially similar to, or not materially more favorable to the Lenders providing such Refinancing Term Loans than, the terms, taken as a whole, applicable to the Term B Loans (except to the extent such covenants and other terms apply solely to any period after the latest final maturity of the Term Loans in effect on the date of incurrence of such Refinancing Term Loans), as determined by the Borrower in good faith. In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may establish Refinancing Term Loans to refinance and/or replace all or any portion of a Revolving Facility Commitment (regardless of whether Revolving Facility Loans are outstanding under such Revolving Facility Commitments at the time of incurrence of such Refinancing Term Loans), so long as (i) the aggregate amount of such Refinancing Term Loans does not exceed the aggregate amount of Revolving Facility Commitments terminated at the time of incurrence thereof and (ii) if the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure outstanding on the Refinancing Effective Date would exceed the aggregate amount of Revolving Facility Commitments outstanding in each case after giving effect to the termination of such Revolving Facility Commitments, the Borrower shall take one or more of the actions contemplated by Section 2.11(e) such that such Revolving Facility Credit Exposure does not exceed such aggregate amount of Revolving Facility Commitments in effect on the Refinancing Effective Date after giving effect to the termination of such Revolving Facility Commitments (it being understood that such Refinancing Term Loans may be provided by the Lenders holding the Revolving Facility Commitments being terminated and/or by any other Person that would be a permitted Assignee hereunder).

 

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(k) The Borrower may approach any Lender or any other Person that would be a permitted Assignee pursuant to Section 9.04 to provide all or a portion of the Refinancing Term Loans; provided that any Lender offered or approached to provide all or a portion of the Refinancing Term Loans may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide a Refinancing Term Loan. Any Refinancing Term Loans made on any Refinancing Effective Date shall be designated an additional Class of Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that any Refinancing Term Loans may, to the extent provided in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement, be designated as an increase in any previously established Class of Term Loans made to the Borrower.

(l) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, including Section 2.11(a) and Section 2.18(c) (which provisions shall not be applicable to clauses (l) through (o) of this Section 2.21), the Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent establish one or more additional Facilities after the Escrow Release Date providing for revolving commitments (“ Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments ” and the revolving loans thereunder, “ Replacement Revolving Loans ”), which replaces in whole or in part any Class of Revolving Facility Commitments under this Agreement. Each such notice shall specify the date (each, a “ Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date ”) on which the Borrower proposes that the Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments shall become effective, which shall be a date not less than five Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion); provided that: (i) before and after giving effect to the establishment of such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments on the Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 shall be satisfied to the extent required by the relevant Incremental Assumption Agreement governing such Refinancing Term Loans (except that no Default or Event of Default pursuant to Section 7.01(b), (c), (h) or (i) shall have occurred and be continuing); (ii) after giving effect to the establishment of any Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments and any concurrent reduction in the aggregate amount of any other Revolving Facility Commitments, the aggregate amount of Revolving Facility Commitments shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolving Facility Commitments outstanding immediately prior to the applicable Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date; (iii) no Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments shall have a final maturity date prior to the latest Revolving Facility Maturity Date in effect at the time of incurrence; (iv) there are no borrowers or guarantors in respect of the Refinancing Term Loans that are not the Borrower or a Loan Party; (v) all other terms applicable to such Replacement Revolving Facility (other than provisions relating to (x) fees, interest rates and other pricing terms and prepayment and commitment reduction and optional redemption terms which shall be as agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders providing such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments and (y) the amount of any letter of credit sublimit and swingline commitment under such Replacement Revolving Facility which shall be as agreed between the Borrower, the Lenders providing such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments, the Administrative Agent and the Replacement L/C Issuer and Replacement Swingline Lender, if any, under such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments) taken as a whole shall be substantially similar to, or not materially more favorable to the Lenders providing such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments than,

 

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those, taken as a whole, applicable to the then outstanding Revolving Facility (except to the extent such covenants and other terms apply solely to any period after the latest final maturity of the Revolving Facility Commitments in effect on the date of incurrence of such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments) as determined by the Borrower in good faith. In addition, the Borrower may establish Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments to refinance and/or replace all or any portion of a Term Loan hereunder (regardless of whether such Term Loan is repaid with the proceeds of Replacement Revolving Loans or otherwise), so long as the aggregate amount of such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments does not exceed the aggregate amount of Term Loans repaid at the time of establishment thereof (it being understood that such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment may be provided by the Lenders holding the Term Loans being repaid and/or by any other Person that would be a permitted Assignee hereunder).

(m) The Borrower may approach any Lender or any other Person that would be a permitted Assignee of a Revolving Facility Commitment pursuant to Section 9.04 (such Person, a “ Replacement Revolving Lender ”) to provide all or a portion of the Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments; provided that any Lender offered or approached to provide all or a portion of the Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide a Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment. Any Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment made on any Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date shall be designated an additional Class of Revolving Facility Commitments for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that any Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments may, to the extent provided in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement, be designated as an increase in any previously established Class of Revolving Facility Commitments.

(n) On any Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, each of the Lenders with Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class shall purchase from each of the other Lenders with Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class, at the principal amount thereof and in the applicable currencies, such interests in the Replacement Revolving Loans and participations in letters of credit and swingline loans under such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class then outstanding on such Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and purchases, the Replacement Revolving Loans and participations of such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class will be held by the Lenders thereunder ratably in accordance with their Replacement Revolving Credit Percentages.

(o) For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (i) if a Lender is providing a Refinancing Term Loan, such Lender will be deemed to have an Incremental Term Loan having the terms of such Refinancing Term Loan and (ii) if a Lender is providing a Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment, such Lender will be deemed to have an Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment having the terms of such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including without limitation this Section 2.21), (i) the aggregate amount of Refinancing Term Loans and Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments will not be included in the calculation of the Incremental Amount, (ii) no Refinancing Term Loan or Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment is required to be in any

 

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minimum amount or any minimum increment, (iii) there shall be no condition to any incurrence of any Refinancing Term Loan or Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment at any time or from time to time other than those set forth in clauses (j) or (l) above, as applicable, and (iv) all Refinancing Term Loans, Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments and all obligations in respect thereof shall be Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with all other Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

(p) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, (i) for the purpose of determining the number of outstanding Eurocurrency Borrowings upon the incurrence of any Incremental Loans, (x) to the extent the last date of Interest Periods for multiple Eurocurrency Borrowings under the Term Facilities fall on the same day, such Eurocurrency Borrowings shall be considered a single Eurocurrency Borrowing and (y) to the extent the last date of Interest Periods for multiple Eurocurrency Borrowings under the Revolving Facilities fall on the same day, such Eurocurrency Borrowings shall be considered a single Eurocurrency Borrowing and (ii) the initial Interest Period with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing of Incremental Loans may, at the Borrower’s option, be of a duration of a number of Business Days that is less than one month, and the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate with respect to such initial Interest Period shall be the same as the Adjusted Eurocurrency Rate applicable to any then-outstanding Eurocurrency Borrowing as the Borrower may direct, so long as the last day of such initial Interest Period is the same as the last day of the Interest Period with respect to such outstanding Eurocurrency Borrowing.

SECTION 2.22. Defaulting Lenders .

(i) Adjustments . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender under any Revolving Facility becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable laws, rules and regulations of any Governmental Authority, during any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the amount of the obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender under any such Revolving Facility to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.05, the “Revolving Facility Percentage” of each non-Defaulting Lender under such Revolving Facility shall be computed without giving effect to the Revolving Facility Commitment of that Defaulting Lender; provided , that, (i) each such reallocation shall be given effect only if, at the date the applicable Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Default or Event of Default exists; and (ii) the aggregate obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit under such Revolving Facility in connection with such reallocation shall not exceed the Available Unused Commitment of such Lender.

(ii) Waivers and Amendments . Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definitions of “Required Lenders” or “Majority Lenders.”

(iii) Cash Collateral . To the extent the reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above is insufficient for any reason to cover the L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure to a Defaulting Lender, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize such uncovered Fronting Exposure pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

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(iv) Limitation on Letters of Credit . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, so long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, no L/C Issuer shall have any obligation to issue, amend or renew any Letter of Credit at any time there is Fronting Exposure, unless the L/C Issuer is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.

(v) Reallocation of Payments . Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of a Defaulting Lender on account of its Loans or participations under the Revolving Facility Commitments (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, following an Event of Default or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 9.06, shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first , to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second , to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the L/C Issuer hereunder; third , if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested by the L/C Issuer, to be held as Cash Collateral for future funding obligations of that Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Letter of Credit; fourth , as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth , if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Agreement; sixth , to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders or the L/C Issuer as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender or L/C Issuer against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh , so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth , to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Borrowings owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Borrowings owed to, that Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.22(v) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

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(B) Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive L/C Participation Fees for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its pro rata share of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral.

(C) With respect to any Commitment Fee or L/C Participation Fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (vi)(A) or (B) above, the Borrower shall (x) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letters of Credit that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (vii) below, (y) pay to each L/C Issuer the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.

(vii) Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure . All or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letters of Credit shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective pro rata Commitments (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) but only to the extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation and (y) such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment. No reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.

(viii) Defaulting Lender Cure . If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Revolving Facility Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit under the applicable Revolving Facility to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Revolving Facility Percentages under such Revolving Facility (without giving effect to Section 2.22(i)), whereupon that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided , further , that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

SECTION 2.23. Escrow of Term Loans .

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amount required to pay the estimated amount of interest to accrue from the Closing Date to but excluding the date that is five (5) Business Days after the Outside Date. The Borrower shall grant the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority security interest in the Escrow Collateral.

(b) The funds held in the Escrow Account will be (i) released to the Borrower or such other Person as the Borrower directs, in accordance with the Escrow Agreement, upon delivery by the Borrower to the Escrow Agent and the Administrative Agent of a certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying that, prior to or substantially concurrently with the release of funds from the Escrow Account, the Escrow Release Conditions have been satisfied, or (ii) used to pay the Escrow Prepayment Amount in accordance with Section 2.11(d).

ARTICLE III

Representations and Warranties

On the date of each Credit Event (and, in the case of the Specified Representations, on the Escrow Release Date), the Borrower represents and warrants to each of the Lenders that:

SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.01 , each of Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO of the Borrower), the Borrower and each of the Material Subsidiaries (a) is a partnership, limited liability company or corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (or, if applicable in a foreign jurisdiction, enjoys the equivalent status under the laws of any jurisdiction of organization outside the United States) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, (c) is qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where the failure so to qualify would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Loan Documents and each other agreement or instrument contemplated thereby to which it is or will be a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to borrow and otherwise obtain credit hereunder.

SECTION 3.02. Authorization . The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower and each of the Loan Parties of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the borrowings hereunder and the Transactions (a) have been duly authorized by all corporate, stockholder, partnership or limited liability company action required to be obtained by the Borrower and such Loan Parties and (b) will not (i) violate (A) any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Borrower or any such Loan Party, (B) the certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive documents (including any partnership, limited liability company or operating agreements) or by-laws of the Borrower or any such Loan Party, (C) any applicable order of any court or any rule, regulation or order of any Governmental Authority applicable to the Borrower or any such Loan Party or (D) any provision of any indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument to which the Borrower or any such Subsidiary Loan Party is a party or by which any of them or any of their property is or may be bound, (ii) violate, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, give rise to a right of or result in any cancellation or acceleration of any right or obligation (including any payment) or to a loss of a material

 

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benefit under any such indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument, where any such conflict, violation, breach or default referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 3.02(b), would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any such Loan Party, other than the Liens created by the Loan Documents and liens permitted hereunder.

SECTION 3.03. Enforceability . This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Holdings and the Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

SECTION 3.04. Governmental Approvals . No action, consent or approval of, registration or filing with or any other action by any Governmental Authority is or will be required in connection with the Transactions, the perfection or maintenance of the Liens created under the Security Documents or the exercise by any Agent or any Lender of its rights under the Loan Documents or the remedies in respect of the Collateral, except for (a) the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing and continuation statements, (b) filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office and any successor offices, (c) recordation of the Mortgages, (d) such actions, consents and approvals under Gaming Laws or from Gaming Authorities the failure of which to be obtained or made would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (e) such as have been made or obtained and are in full force and effect, (f) such other actions, consents and approvals the failure of which to be obtained or made would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (g) filings or other actions listed on Schedule 3.04 .

SECTION 3.05. Financial Statements .

(a) The unaudited pro forma combined or consolidated balance sheet and related combined or consolidated statements of income of the Borrower, together with their combined or consolidated Subsidiaries (including the notes thereto) for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013 (the “ Pro Forma Financial Statements ”), copies of which have heretofore been furnished to each Lender (via inclusion in the Information Memorandum), have been prepared giving effect to the Transactions as if such events had occurred on such date (in the case of such balance sheet) or at the beginning of such period (in the case of such statement of income). Each of the Pro Forma Financial Statements has been prepared in good faith based on assumptions believed by the Borrower to have been reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof (it being understood that such assumptions are based on good faith estimates of certain items and that the actual amount of such items on the Closing Date is subject to change), and presents fairly in all material respects on a pro forma basis the estimated financial position of the Borrower and its combined or consolidated Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2013, assuming that the Transactions had actually occurred at such date, and the results of operations of the Borrower

 

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and its combined or consolidated Subsidiaries for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2013, assuming that the Transactions had actually occurred on the first day of such twelve-month period.

(b) The audited combined balance sheets and the related audited combined statements of comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of (1) the Purchased Properties and their combined or consolidated Subsidiaries and (2) the PH Entities and their combined or consolidated Subsidiaries, in each case for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012 and 2013, reported on by and accompanied by a report from Deloitte & Touche LLP, copies of which have heretofore been furnished to each Lender, present fairly in all material respects the combined financial position of the Purchased Properties and the PH Entities, respectively, and their respective combined or consolidated Subsidiaries as at such date and the combined results of operations and cash flows of the Purchased Properties and the PH Entities, respectively, and their respective combined or consolidated Subsidiaries for the years then ended.

SECTION 3.06. No Material Adverse Effect . After December 31, 2013, there has been no event or circumstance that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.07. Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases .

(a) Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has valid title in fee simple or equivalent to, or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other limited property interests in, all its Real Properties (including all Mortgaged Properties) and has valid title to its personal property and assets, in each case, except for Permitted Liens and except for defects in title that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties and assets for their intended purposes and except where the failure to have such title would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. All such properties and assets are free and clear of Liens, other than Permitted Liens.

(b) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have complied with all material obligations under all leases to which it is a party, except where the failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all such leases are in full force and effect, except leases in respect of which the failure to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) As of the Closing Date, none of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries has received any written notice of any pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened condemnation proceeding affecting any material portion of the Mortgaged Properties or any sale or disposition thereof in lieu of condemnation that remains unresolved as of the Closing Date.

(d) As of the Closing Date, none of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries is obligated under any right of first refusal, option or other contractual right to sell, assign or otherwise dispose of any Mortgaged Property or any interest therein, except as permitted under Section 6.02 or 6.05.

 

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SECTION 3.08. Subsidiaries .

(a) Schedule 3.08(a) sets forth as of the Closing Date the name and jurisdiction of incorporation, formation or organization of each Subsidiary of the Borrower and, as to each such Subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Equity Interests owned by the Borrower or by any such Subsidiary.

(b) As of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments (other than stock options granted to employees or directors (or entities controlled by directors) and shares held by directors (or entities controlled by directors)) relating to any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, except as set forth on Schedule 3.08(b) .

SECTION 3.09. Litigation; Compliance with Laws .

(a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority or in arbitration now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing against or affecting the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or any business, property or rights of any such person which would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) None of the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their respective properties or assets is in violation of (nor will the continued operation of their material properties and assets as currently conducted violate) any law (including the USA PATRIOT Act), rule or regulation (including any zoning, building, ordinance, code or approval or any building permit, but excluding any Environmental Laws, which are subject to Section 3.16) or any restriction of record or agreement affecting any Mortgaged Property, or is in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority, where such violation or default would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) The Borrower and each Subsidiary are in compliance in all material respects with all Gaming Laws that are applicable to them and their businesses, except where a failure to so comply would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.10. Federal Reserve Regulations .

(a) None of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock.

(b) Neither the making of any Loan (or the extension of any Letter of Credit) hereunder nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate the provisions of Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board.

 

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SECTION 3.11. Investment Company Act . None of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries is required to be registered as an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

SECTION 3.12. Use of Proceeds . (a) The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Revolving Facility Loans, and may request the issuance of Letters of Credit, solely for general corporate purposes (including, without limitation, for Permitted Business Acquisitions and project development and, in the case of Letters of Credit, for the back-up or replacement of existing letters of credit) and for the purposes set forth in clause (b) below; provided the amount of Revolving Facility Loans incurred on the Escrow Release Date for the purposes set forth in clause (b) below shall not exceed the sum of (i) $20,000,000 and (ii) the amount required to fund any original issue discount or upfront fees in respect of Indebtedness incurred on the Closing Date or Escrow Release Date in connection with the Transactions and (b) the Borrower will use the proceeds of the Initial Term B Loans made on the Closing Date to finance a portion of the Transactions and for the payment of Transaction Expenses (it being understood that the proceeds of the Initial Term B Loans shall be deposited in the Escrow Account on the Closing Date and released from the Escrow Account on the Escrow Release Date).

SECTION 3.13. Tax Returns .

(a) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries has filed or caused to be filed all federal, state, local and non-U.S. Tax returns required to have been filed by it (including in its capacity as withholding agent) and each such Tax return is true and correct;

(b) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries has timely paid or caused to be timely paid all Taxes shown to be due and payable by it on the returns referred to in clause (a) and all other Taxes or assessments due and payable by it (and made adequate provision (in accordance with GAAP) for the payment of all Taxes not yet due and payable) through the date of the applicable Credit Event, including in its capacity as a withholding agent (except Taxes or assessments that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings in accordance with Section 5.03 and for which the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (as the case may be) has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP); and

(c) Other than as would not be, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, with respect to each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, there are no claims being asserted in writing with respect to any Taxes.

SECTION 3.14. No Material Misstatements .

(a) All written information (other than the Projections, estimates, forward-looking information and information of a general economic nature or general industry nature) (the “ Information ”) concerning the Borrower, the Subsidiaries, the Transactions and any other transactions contemplated thereby included in the Information Memorandum or otherwise

 

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prepared by or on behalf of the foregoing or their representatives and made available to any Lenders or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated thereby, when taken as a whole, was true and correct in all material respects, as of the date such Information was furnished to the Lenders and as of the Closing Date and did not, taken as a whole, contain any untrue statement of a material fact as of any such date or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, taken as a whole, not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made (giving effect to all supplements and updates provided thereto prior to the date hereof).

(b) The Projections, estimates and other forward-looking information and information of a general economic nature prepared by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Representatives and that have been made available to any Lenders or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated thereby (i) have been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable as of the date thereof (it being understood such Projections are as to future events and are not to be viewed as facts, such Projections are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such Projections may differ significantly from the projected results, and that no assurances can be given that the projected results will be realized), as of the date such Projections and estimates were furnished to the Lenders and as of the Closing Date, and (ii) as of the Closing Date, have not been modified in any material respect by the Borrower.

SECTION 3.15. Employee Benefit Plans .

(a) Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) each Plan that is, or has in the five years preceding the date of this Agreement been, sponsored or maintained by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code; (ii) no Reportable Event has occurred during the past five years as to which Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate was required to file a report with the PBGC, other than reports that have been filed; (iii) as of the most recent valuation date preceding the date of this Agreement, no Plan has any material Unfunded Pension Liability; (iv) no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (v) none of Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries or the ERISA Affiliates (A) has received any written notification that any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or has been terminated within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or has knowledge that any Multiemployer Plan is reasonably expected to be in reorganization or to be terminated or (B) has incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any withdrawal liability to any Multiemployer Plan; and (vi) none of Holdings, the Borrower or the Subsidiaries has engaged in a “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Code Section 4975) in connection with any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) that would subject Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary to tax.

SECTION 3.16. Environmental Matters . Except as to matters that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect: (i) no written notice has been received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and there are no judicial, administrative or other actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the Borrower’s

 

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knowledge, threatened which allege a violation of or liability under any Environmental Laws, in each case relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which has not been addressed and cured in accordance with Environmental Laws, (ii) each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries has all environmental permits, licenses and other approvals necessary for its operations to comply with all Environmental Laws and is in compliance with the terms of such permits, licenses and other approvals and with all other Environmental Laws, (iii) no Hazardous Material is located at, on or under any property currently owned, operated or leased or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, formerly owned, operated or leased, by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any cost, liability or obligation of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws, and no Hazardous Material has been generated, owned, treated, stored, handled or controlled by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or transported to or Released at any location in a manner that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any cost, liability or obligation of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws and (iv) there are no agreements in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has expressly assumed or undertaken responsibility for any known or reasonably likely liability or obligation of any other person arising under or relating to Environmental Laws, which in any such case has not been made available to the Administrative Agent prior to the date hereof.

SECTION 3.17. Security Documents .

(a) Upon the execution of the Escrow Agreement by the parties thereto, the establishment of the Escrow Account and the making of the Term Loans, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of itself, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, shall have a first priority perfected Lien on and security interest in the Escrow Account, the Escrow Funds and the other Escrow Collateral and there are no other Liens on or security interests in the Escrow Account, the Escrow Funds or the Escrow Collateral.

(b) (i) The Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof. As of the Escrow Release Date, in the case of the Pledged Collateral described in the Collateral Agreement, when certificates or promissory notes, as applicable, representing such Pledged Collateral and required to be delivered under the applicable Security Document are delivered to the Collateral Agent, and in the case of the other Collateral described in the Collateral Agreement (other than the Intellectual Property (as defined in the Collateral Agreement)), when financing statements and other filings specified in the Perfection Certificate are filed in the offices specified in the Perfection Certificate, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and, subject to Section 9-315 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations to the extent perfection in such Collateral can be obtained by the delivery of such certificates or promissory notes or the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, in each case prior and superior in right to the Lien of any other person (except for Permitted Liens).

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enforceable security interest in the Pledged Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof. As of the Escrow Release Date, in the case of the Pledged Collateral described in the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, when certificates or promissory notes, as applicable, representing such Pledged Collateral and required to be delivered under the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement are delivered to the Collateral Agent and in the case of the other Pledged Collateral that is not evidenced by a certificate or promissory note, when a financing statement is filed in the applicable filing office set forth in the Perfection Certificate with respect to Holdings, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of Holdings in such Pledged Collateral and, subject to Section 9-315 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations to the extent perfection in such Pledged Collateral can be obtained by the delivery of such certificates or promissory notes or the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, in each case prior and superior in right to the Lien of any other person (except for liens permitted hereunder).

(c) When the Collateral Agreement or IP Security Agreements are properly filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office (to the extent a security interest can be perfected by such filings), and, with respect to Collateral in which a security interest cannot be perfected by such filings, upon the proper filing of the financing statements referred to in paragraph (b) above, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties thereunder in the domestic registered or pending copyrights, patents and trademarks included in the Collateral, in each case prior and superior in right to the Lien of any other person, except for Permitted Liens (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a Lien on registered trademarks and patents, trademark and patent applications and registered copyrights acquired by the Loan Parties after the Escrow Release Date).

(d) The Mortgages, if any, executed and delivered on the Escrow Release Date are, and the Mortgages executed and delivered after the Escrow Release Date pursuant to Section 5.10 and Section 5.11 will be, effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on all of the applicable Loan Parties’ right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Property thereunder and the proceeds thereof, and when such Mortgages are filed or recorded in the proper real estate filing or recording offices, and all relevant mortgage taxes and recording charges are duly paid, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have valid Liens with record notice to third parties on, and security interest in, all right, title, and interest of the applicable Loan Parties in such Mortgaged Property and, to the extent applicable, subject to Section 9-315 of the Uniform Commercial Code, the proceeds thereof, in each case prior and superior in right to the Lien of any other person, except for Permitted Liens.

(e) Notwithstanding anything herein (including this Section 3.17) or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, (i) each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that licensing by the Gaming Authorities may be required to enforce and/or exercise or foreclose upon certain security interests and such enforcement and/or exercise or foreclosure may be otherwise limited by the Gaming Laws and (ii) no Loan Party makes any representation or

 

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warranty as to the effects of perfection or non-perfection, the priority or the enforceability of any pledge of or security interest in any Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary, or as to the rights and remedies of the Agents or any Lender with respect thereto, under foreign law.

SECTION 3.18. Location of Real Property and Leased Premises .

(a) The Perfection Certificate completely and correctly identifies, in all material respects, as of the Closing Date all material Real Property owned by the Loan Parties. As of the Closing Date, the Loan Parties own in fee all the Real Property set forth as being owned by them in the Perfection Certificate except to the extent set forth therein.

(b) The Perfection Certificate lists correctly in all material respects, as of the Closing Date, all material Real Property that is leased by the Loan Parties as the lessee and the addresses thereof. As of the Closing Date, the Loan Parties have in all material respects valid leases in all the Real Property set forth as being leased by them as the lessee in the Perfection Certificate except to the extent set forth therein.

SECTION 3.19. Solvency .

(a) On the Escrow Release Date, immediately after giving effect to the Transactions, (i) the fair value of the assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis on their debts and other liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Escrow Release Date.

(b) On the Escrow Release Date, immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, the Borrower does not intend to, and the Borrower does not believe that it or any of its subsidiaries will, incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be received by it or any such subsidiary and the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its Indebtedness or the Indebtedness of any such subsidiary.

SECTION 3.20. Labor Matters . Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no strikes or other labor disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries; (b) the hours worked and payments made to employees of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or

 

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any other applicable law dealing with such matters; and (c) all payments due from the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or for which any claim may be made against the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the Borrower or such Subsidiary to the extent required by GAAP. Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the consummation of the Transactions will not give rise to a right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any material collective bargaining agreement to which the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is a party or by which the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is bound.

SECTION 3.21. No Default . No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

SECTION 3.22. Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc . Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and except as set forth in Schedule 3.22 , (a) the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries owns, or possesses the right to use, all of the patents, trademarks, service marks or trade names, copyrights or mask works, domain names, data, databases, trade secrets, applications and registrations for any of the foregoing (collectively, “ Intellectual Property Rights ”) that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, (b) to the best knowledge of the Borrower, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries are not infringing upon, misappropriating or otherwise violating Intellectual Property Rights of any person, and (c) no claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing.

SECTION 3.23. Senior Debt . The Obligations constitute “Senior Debt” (or the equivalent thereof) and “Designated Senior Debt” (or the equivalent thereof, if any) under the documentation governing any Material Indebtedness of any Loan Party permitted to be incurred hereunder constituting Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Loan Obligations.

SECTION 3.24. Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Sanctions Laws .

(a) As of the Closing Date, to the knowledge of senior management of each Loan Party, no Loan Party, none of its Subsidiaries, none of its controlled Affiliates and none of the respective officers, directors, brokers or agents of such Loan Party, such Subsidiary or controlled Affiliate has violated or is in violation of any applicable Anti-Money Laundering Law in any material respect.

(b) To the knowledge of senior management of each Loan Party, no Loan Party, none of its Subsidiaries, none of its controlled Affiliates and none of the respective officers, directors, brokers or agents of such Loan Party, such Subsidiary or such controlled Affiliate that is acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the Loans (i) is an Embargoed Person or (ii) except as otherwise authorized by OFAC, otherwise permitted for U.S. persons by a U.S. Governmental Authority or by any rule, regulation or order of a U.S. Governmental Authority, will use any proceeds of the Loans or Letters of Credit, or lend,

 

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contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Person for the purpose of financing the activities of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of funding or facilitation, is an Embargoed Person.

(c) No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

(d) None of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (i) is a person whose property or interest in property is blocked or subject to blocking pursuant to Section 1 of Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)), (ii) engages in any dealings or transactions prohibited by Section 2 of such executive order, or is otherwise associated with any such person in any manner that violates Section 2 of such executive order, or (iii) is a person on the list of “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” or subject to the limitations or prohibitions under any other U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control regulation or executive order.

SECTION 3.25. Acquired Business Representations . The Acquired Business Representations are true and correct in all material respects as of the Escrow Release Date, except to the extent a Purchased Property and its subsidiaries were acquired on a date prior to the Escrow Release Date (in which case, such representations and warranties in respect of such Purchased Property and its subsidiaries shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

ARTICLE IV

Conditions of Lending

The obligations of (a) the Lenders to make Loans and (b) any L/C Issuer to permit any L/C Credit Extension hereunder (each, a “ Credit Event ”) are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.08) of the following conditions:

SECTION 4.01. All Credit Events . On the date of each Borrowing and on the date of each L/C Credit Extension (other than the Closing Date):

(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received, in the case of a Borrowing, a Borrowing Request as required by Section 2.03 (or a Borrowing Request shall have been deemed given in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 2.03) or, in the case of an L/C Credit Extension, the applicable L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent shall have received a Letter of Credit Application as required by Section 2.05(b).

(b) The representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date (other than an amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit without any increase in the stated amount of such Letter of Credit), as applicable, with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

(c) At the time of and immediately after each Borrowing or L/C Credit Extension (other than an amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit without any increase in the stated amount of such Letter of Credit), as applicable, no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

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Each such Borrowing (subject to the immediately preceding paragraph) and each L/C Credit Extension shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date of such Borrowing or L/C Credit Extension as to the matters specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 4.01.

SECTION 4.02. Conditions to the Closing Date . On or prior to the Closing Date:

(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each of Holdings, the Borrower, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include delivery of a signed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other means of electronic transmission (e.g., “pdf”)) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.

(b) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each of the Borrower, and the Escrow Agent (i) a counterpart of the Escrow Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include delivery of a signed signature page of the Escrow Agreement by facsimile or other means of electronic transmission (e.g. “pdf”)) that such party has signed a counterpart of the Escrow Agreement.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself, the Lenders and each L/C Issuer, a written opinion of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, special counsel for the Loan Parties.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or similar officer of Holdings and the Borrower dated the Closing Date and certifying:

(i) a copy of the certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership, certificate of formation or other equivalent constituent and governing documents, including all amendments thereto, of Holdings and the Borrower, (1) in the case of a corporation, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State (or other similar official) of the jurisdiction of its organization, or (2) otherwise certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of such Loan Party or other person duly authorized by the constituent documents of such Loan Party,

 

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(ii) a certificate as to the good standing (to the extent such concept or a similar concept exists under the laws of such jurisdiction) of Holdings and the Borrower as of a recent date from such Secretary of State (or other similar official),

(iii) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the by-laws (or partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or other equivalent constituent and governing documents) of Holdings and the Borrower as in effect on the Closing Date and at all times since a date prior to the date of the resolutions described in clause (iv) below,

(iv) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors (or equivalent governing body) of Holdings and the Borrower (or its managing general partner or managing member) authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents dated as of the Closing Date to which such person is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, the borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect on the Closing Date,

(v) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing any Loan Document or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of Holdings and the Borrower, and

(vi) as to the absence of any pending proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of Holdings or the Borrower or, to the knowledge of such person, threatening the existence of Holdings or the Borrower.

(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received a completed Perfection Certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, together with all attachments contemplated thereby, and the results of a search of the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent), tax and judgment, United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office filings made with respect to the Loan Parties in the jurisdictions contemplated by the Perfection Certificate and copies of the financing statements (or similar documents) disclosed by such search.

(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information required by Section 9.20, to the extent such information has been requested not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.

(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request required by Section 2.03.

(h) (i) The Specified Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date), (ii) since the date of the Purchase

 

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Agreement, there has been no Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) and (iii) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer as to the satisfaction of clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 4.02(h).

For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.02, each Lender shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to the Lenders unless an officer of the Administrative Agent responsible for the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the Closing Date specifying its objection thereto and, in the case of a Borrowing, such Lender shall not have made available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s ratable portion of the initial Borrowing.

SECTION 4.03. Escrow Release Date . The Borrower agrees that it shall not direct the Escrow Agent to release the Escrow Account Funds, and the Escrow Release Date shall not occur, until:

(a) Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a written opinion of (i) Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, special counsel for the Loan Parties, and (ii) each local counsel specified on Schedule 4.03(a) , in each case (A) dated the Escrow Release Date, (B) addressed to each L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and (C) covering customary matters relating to the Loan Documents.

(b) Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or similar officer of each Loan Party dated the Escrow Release Date and certifying:

(i) a copy of the certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership, certificate of formation or other equivalent constituent and governing documents, including all amendments thereto, of such Loan Party, (1) in the case of a corporation, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State (or other similar official) of the jurisdiction of its organization, or (2) otherwise certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of such Loan Party or other person duly authorized by the constituent documents of such Loan Party,

(ii) a certificate as to the good standing (to the extent such concept or a similar concept exists under the laws of such jurisdiction) of such Loan Party as of a recent date from such Secretary of State (or other similar official),

(iii) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the by-laws (or partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or other equivalent constituent and governing documents) of such Loan Party as in effect on the Escrow Release Date and at all times since a date prior to the date of the resolutions described in clause (iv) below,

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Loan Party (or its managing general partner or managing member) authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents dated as of the Escrow Release Date to which such person is a party and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect on the Escrow Release Date,

(v) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing any Loan Document or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of such Loan Party, and

(vi) as to the absence of any pending proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of such Loan Party or, to the knowledge of such person, threatening the existence of such Loan Party.

(c) Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a solvency certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J and signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower confirming the solvency of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis after giving effect to the Transactions on the Escrow Release Date.

(d) Borrower has delivered all fees payable to the Agents, Co-Lead Arrangers or to any Lender on or prior to the Escrow Release Date and, to the extent invoiced, all other amounts due and payable pursuant to the Loan Documents on or prior to the Escrow Release Date, including, to the extent invoiced at least one Business Day prior to the Escrow Release Date, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cahill Gordon & Reindel llp) required to be reimbursed or paid by the Loan Parties hereunder or under any Loan Document.

(e) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.10 (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall override the applicable clauses of the definition of “Collateral Requirement”) and subject to the grace periods and post-closing periods set forth in such definition, the Collateral Requirement shall be satisfied (or waived pursuant to the terms hereof) as of the Escrow Release Date.

(f) All Indebtedness under the Existing PH Facility has been, or shall be substantially concurrently with the Escrow Release Date, repaid and all commitments thereunder terminated, and Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent evidence of such repayment and termination.

(g) The Acquisition has been consummated or shall be consummated prior to or simultaneously or substantially concurrently with the Escrow Release Date in accordance with applicable law and substantially on the terms described in the Information Memorandum under “Executive Summary—Transaction Overview” and in the Notes Offering Memorandum under “Summary—The Transactions” and all regulatory approvals required for the consummation of the Transactions will have been obtained.

 

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(h) The PH Contribution shall have been consummated or shall be consummated simultaneously or substantially concurrently with the closing under this Agreement.

(i) Prior to, simultaneously, or substantially concurrently with the Escrow Release Date, CGP shall have contributed cash (including cash on the balance sheet of the PH Entities on the Escrow Release Date) to Holdings in the form of common equity and which shall have been further contributed as common equity to the Borrower in an aggregate amount of at least $582,000,000 (the “ Equity Financing ”).

(j) On the Escrow Release Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have no outstanding third party debt for borrowed money other than (i) the Loans and other extensions of credit under this Agreement, (ii) the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes, (iii) Indebtedness of the Cromwell Entities under the Credit Agreement, dated as of November 2, 2012, among CEC, Corner Investment Propco, LLC, the lenders party thereto and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative agent and collateral agent and (iv) Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01.

(k) Either (i) the proceeds of the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes have been, or shall be substantially concurrently with the Escrow Release Date, released from escrow pursuant to the terms of the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes Escrow Agreement or (ii) the Borrower shall have received any combination of (a) equity contributions from Holdings in the form of common equity and/or (b) the proceeds of unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Guarantors or Indebtedness of the Borrower and Guarantors secured by Liens on the Collateral that are junior to the Liens securing the Obligations and subject to a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement, in an aggregate amount not less than the amount of proceeds in respect of the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes.

(l) Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent evidence (i) that all Liens granted pursuant to the Existing Debt Documents on the equity interests of the Harrah’s New Orleans Entities and the assets owned by each of the Harrah’s New Orleans Entities have been, or, substantially concurrently with the Escrow Release Date, will be released and that all filings and/or recordings made in respect of such Liens have been, or, substantially concurrently with the Escrow Release Date, will be terminated and (ii) that any other Lien on the assets of or equity interests in any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries (a) is permitted pursuant to Section 6.02(a), (b) is permitted pursuant to Section 6.02, other than Liens securing Indebtedness of the type described in clauses (a) or (f) of the definition of Indebtedness if, in the case of clause (f), such Liens are secured by all or substantially all of the assets of any Loan Party, (c) is permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 and ranks junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations and subject to a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement, (d) is permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 and is approved by the Administrative Agent or (e) has been or will be, substantially concurrently with the Escrow Release Date, released.

(m) Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent evidence that (and the Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of) the opinion described in Section 5.7(i)(b) of the Purchase Agreement (which may be delivered in the form of one or more opinions) dated as of a date reasonably proximate to the Escrow Release Date (or such earlier

 

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date in the case of Purchased Properties that are purchased by the Borrower prior to the Escrow Release Date on a date reasonably proximate to the date such purchase is consummated) was delivered to the parties described therein, each substantially in the same form delivered on or prior to the date of the Purchase Agreement.

(n) All Indebtedness under the Interim Loan Facility has been, or will be substantially concurrently with the Escrow Release Date, repaid and all commitments thereunder and all documents governing such Interim Loan Facility terminated, and Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent evidence of such repayment and termination and the release and termination of all Liens securing such Interim Loan Facility (including all filings made in connection therewith) on or substantially concurrently with the Escrow Release Date.

(o) In the case of any Borrowing of Revolving Facility Loans or L/C Credit Extension on the Escrow Release Date, the Borrower shall have delivered in the case of a Borrowing, a Borrowing Request required by Section 2.03 or, in the case of an L/C Credit Extension, the Borrower shall have delivered a Letter of Credit Application as required by Section 2.05(b).

ARTICLE V

Affirmative Covenants

The Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender that until the Termination Date, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, the Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to:

SECTION 5.01. Existence; Businesses and Properties .

(a) Do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence, except, in the case of a Subsidiary of the Borrower, where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and except as otherwise permitted under Section 6.05; provided that the Borrower may liquidate or dissolve one or more Subsidiaries if the assets of the Borrower or Subsidiaries (to the extent they exceed estimated liabilities) are acquired by the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower in such liquidation or dissolution, except that Borrower and Subsidiary Loan Parties may not be liquidated into Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and Domestic Subsidiaries may not be liquidated into Foreign Subsidiaries (except in each case as otherwise permitted under Section 6.05).

(b) Except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, do or cause to be done all things necessary to (i) lawfully obtain, preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and effect the permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and rights with respect thereto necessary to the normal conduct of its business, and (ii) at all times maintain and preserve all property necessary to the normal conduct of its business and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted), from time to time make, or cause to be made, all needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and

 

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replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in connection therewith, if any, may be properly conducted at all times (in each case except as permitted by this Agreement).

SECTION 5.02. Insurance .

(a) Maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance (subject to customary deductibles and retentions) in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by similarly situated companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations and, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Escrow Release Date, cause the Loan Parties to be listed as insured and the Collateral Agent to be listed as a co-loss payee on property and property casualty policies and as an additional insured on liability policies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries may self-insure with respect to such risks with respect to which companies of established reputation engaged in the same general line of business in the same general area usually self-insure.

(b) With respect to any Mortgaged Properties, if at any time the area in which the Premises (as defined in the Mortgages) are located is designated a “special flood hazard area” in any Flood Insurance Rate Map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency), the Borrower and the Subsidiaries shall obtain flood insurance to the extent required to comply with Flood Insurance Laws.

(c) In connection with the covenants set forth in this Section 5.02, it is understood and agreed that:

(i) none of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and their respective agents or employees shall be liable for any loss or damage insured by the insurance policies required to be maintained under this Section 5.02, it being understood that (A) the Loan Parties shall look solely to their insurance companies or any other parties other than the aforesaid parties for the recovery of such loss or damage and (B) such insurance companies shall have no rights of subrogation against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, any L/C Issuer or their agents or employees. If, however, the insurance policies, as a matter of the internal policy of such insurer, do not provide waiver of subrogation rights against such parties, as required above, then the Borrower, on behalf of itself and behalf of its Subsidiaries, hereby agrees, to the extent permitted by law, to waive, and further agrees to cause each of its Subsidiaries to waive, its right of recovery, if any, against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, any L/C Issuer and their agents and employees;

(ii) the designation of any form, type or amount of insurance coverage by the Administrative Agent under this Section 5.02 shall in no event be deemed a representation, warranty or advice by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders that such insurance is adequate for the purposes of the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries or the protection of their properties; and

(iii) the amount and type of insurance that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has in effect as of the Closing Date satisfies for all purposes the requirements of this Section 5.02.

 

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SECTION 5.03. Taxes . Pay and discharge promptly when due all Taxes, imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or in respect of its property, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, as well as all material lawful claims which, if unpaid, might give rise to a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon such properties or any part thereof; provided , however , that such payment and discharge shall not be required with respect to any such Tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the Borrower or the affected Subsidiary, as applicable, shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP with respect thereto or (b) the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.04. Financial Statements, Reports, etc . Furnish to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly furnish such information to the Lenders):

(a) Within 105 days (or, if applicable, such other time period as specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations with respect to non-accelerated filers for the filing of annual reports on Form 10-K), following the end of each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014), a combined or consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, cash flows and owners’ equity showing the financial position of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year and the combined or consolidated results of their operations during such year and setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the prior fiscal year, which combined or consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, cash flows and owners’ equity shall be accompanied by customary management’s discussion and analysis and audited by independent public accountants of recognized national standing and accompanied by an opinion of such accountants (which opinion shall not be qualified as to scope of audit or as to the status of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary as a going concern, other than solely with respect to, or resulting solely from an upcoming maturity date under any series of Indebtedness occurring within one year from the time such opinion is delivered) to the effect that such combined or consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (it being understood that the delivery by the Borrower of annual reports on Form 10-K of the Borrower and its combined or consolidated Subsidiaries shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.04(a) to the extent such annual reports include the information specified herein);

(b) Within 60 days (or, if applicable, such other time period as specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations with respect to non-accelerated filers for the filing of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q) (or, in the case of the first fiscal quarter for which quarterly financial statements are required to be delivered hereunder, within 75 days following the end of such fiscal quarter), following the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2014),

 

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a combined or consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows showing the financial position of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and the combined or consolidated results of their operations during such fiscal quarter and the then-elapsed portion of the fiscal year and setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the prior fiscal year, all of which shall be in reasonable detail and which combined or consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows shall be accompanied by customary management’s discussion and analysis and certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a combined or consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes) (it being understood that the delivery by the Borrower of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q of the Borrower and their combined or consolidated Subsidiaries shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.04(b) to the extent such quarterly reports include the information specified herein);

(c) (x) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraph (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (i) certifying that no Event of Default or Default has occurred or, if such an Event of Default or Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto and (ii) commencing with the fiscal quarter ending on the last day of the first full fiscal quarter after the Escrow Release Date, but not including any fiscal quarter that ends during a Covenant Suspension Period, setting forth computations in reasonable detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent calculating the Financial Performance Covenant, and (y) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraph (a) above, if the accounting firm is not restricted from providing such a certificate by its policies, a certificate of the accounting firm opining on or certifying such statements stating whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such statements of any Default or Event of Default (which certificate may be limited to accounting matters and disclaim responsibility for legal interpretations);

(d) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other publicly available reports, proxy statements and, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, other materials filed by Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO of the Borrower), the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with the SEC, or after an initial public offering, distributed to its stockholders generally, as applicable; provided , however , that such reports, proxy statements, filings and other materials required to be delivered pursuant to this paragraph (d) shall be deemed delivered for purposes of this Agreement when posted to the website of the Borrower or the website of the SEC (or Holdings or any Parent Entity referred to in Section 5.04(h));

(e) within 105 days after the beginning of each fiscal year (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree), a reasonably detailed combined or consolidated annual budget for such fiscal year (including a projected combined or consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the following fiscal year, and the related combined or consolidated statements of projected cash flow and

 

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projected income), including a description of underlying assumptions with respect thereto (collectively, the “ Budget ”), which Budget shall in each case be accompanied by the statement of a Financial Officer of the Borrower to the effect that, the Budget is based on assumptions believed by such Financial Officer to be reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof;

(f) upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent not more frequently than twice a year unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, an updated Perfection Certificate (or, to the extent such request relates to specified information contained in the Perfection Certificate, such information) reflecting all changes since the date of the information most recently received pursuant to this paragraph (f) or Section 5.10(f);

(g) promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO of the Borrower), the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (including without limitation with regard to compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act), or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as in each case the Administrative Agent may reasonably request (for itself or on behalf of the Lenders); and

(h) (i) in the event that in respect of the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto, the rules and regulations of the SEC permit the Borrower or any Parent Entity to report at the Borrower, or such Parent Entity’s level on a combined or consolidated basis, such combined or consolidated reporting at the Borrower or such Parent Entity’s level in a manner consistent with that described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 5.04 for the Borrower (together with a reconciliation showing the adjustments necessary to determine compliance by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries with the Financial Performance Covenant) will satisfy the requirements of such paragraphs and (ii) notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that until such time as the Borrower shall have filed a registration statement with the SEC with respect to the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes, the combined or consolidated financial statements required by this Section 5.04 may be satisfied by the delivery of financial statements that are prepared on a basis consistent with the presentation thereof in the Notes Offering Memorandum.

SECTION 5.05. Litigation and Other Notices . Furnish to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly thereafter furnish to the Lenders) written notice of the following promptly after any Responsible Officer of Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO of the Borrower) or the Borrower obtains actual knowledge thereof:

(a) any Event of Default or Default, specifying the nature and extent thereof and the corrective action (if any) proposed to be taken with respect thereto;

(b) the filing or commencement of, or any written threat or notice of intention of any person to file or commence, any action, suit or proceeding, whether at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority (including any action, suit or proceeding by or subject to decision by any Gaming Authority) or in arbitration, against

 

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Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries as to which an adverse determination is reasonably probable and which, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(c) any other development specific to Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that is not a matter of general public knowledge and that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect;

(d) the development or occurrence of any ERISA Event that, together with all other ERISA Events that have developed or occurred, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(e) promptly after the same are available, copies of any written communication to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from any Gaming Authority advising it of a material violation of, or material non-compliance with, any Gaming Law by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; and

(f) the Borrower’s determination of the commencement or termination of a Covenant Suspension Period.

SECTION 5.06. Compliance with Laws . Comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, including all Gaming Laws and the Economic Sanction Laws, except that the Borrower and the Subsidiaries need not comply with any laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority then being contested by any of them in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that this Section 5.06 shall not apply to Environmental Laws, which are the subject of Section 5.09, or to laws related to Taxes, which are the subject of Section 5.03.

SECTION 5.07. Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections . Maintain all financial records in accordance with GAAP and permit any persons designated by the Administrative Agent or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender to visit and inspect the financial records and the properties of Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO of the Borrower), the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries at reasonable times, upon reasonable prior notice to the Borrower, and as often as reasonably requested and to make extracts from and copies of such financial records, and permit any persons designated by the Administrative Agent or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender upon reasonable prior notice to the Borrower to discuss the affairs, finances and condition of Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO of the Borrower), the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with the officers thereof and independent accountants therefor (so long as the Borrower has the opportunity to participate in any such discussions with such accountants), in each case, subject to reasonable requirements of confidentiality, including requirements imposed by law or by contract.

SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds . Use the proceeds of the Loans in the manner set forth in Section 3.12.

 

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SECTION 5.09. Compliance with Environmental Laws . Comply, and make reasonable efforts to cause all lessees and other persons occupying its properties to comply, with all Environmental Laws applicable to its operations and properties; and obtain and renew all material authorizations and permits required pursuant to Environmental Law for its operations and properties, in each case in accordance with Environmental Laws, except, in each case with respect to this Section 5.09, to the extent the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.10. Further Assurances; Additional Security .

(a) Execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, Mortgages and other documents and recordings of Liens in stock registries), that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, to satisfy the Collateral Requirement and to cause the Collateral Requirement to be and remain satisfied, all at the expense of the Loan Parties and provide to the Collateral Agent, from time to time upon reasonable request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents, subject in each case to paragraph (g) below.

(b) If any asset (other than Real Property, which is covered by paragraph (c) below) that has an individual fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) in an amount greater than $15.0 million is acquired by any Loan Party after the Escrow Release Date (in each case other than (x) assets constituting Collateral under a Security Document that become subject to the Lien of such Security Document upon acquisition thereof and (y) assets constituting Excluded Property), such Loan Party will (i) promptly as practicable notify the Collateral Agent thereof and (ii) take or cause the Subsidiary Loan Parties to take such actions as shall be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to grant and perfect such Liens (subject to any Permitted Liens), including actions described in paragraph (a) of this Section, all at the expense of the Loan Parties, subject to paragraph (g) below.

(c) Promptly notify the Administrative Agent of the acquisition (which for this clause (c) shall include the improvement of any Real Property that was not Owned Real Property that results in it qualifying as Owned Real Property) of and will grant and cause each of the Subsidiary Loan Parties to grant to the Collateral Agent security interests in, and mortgages on, such Owned Real Property of any Loan Parties that are not Mortgaged Property as of the Escrow Release Date, to the extent acquired after the Escrow Release Date, within 90 days after such acquisition (or such later date as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), pursuant to documentation substantially in the form of Exhibit E or in such other form as is reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (each, an “ Additional Mortgage ”) and constituting valid and enforceable Liens subject to no other Liens except Permitted Liens at the time of recordation thereof, record or file, and cause each such Subsidiary Loan Party to record or file, the Additional Mortgage or instruments related thereto in such manner and in such places as is required by law to establish, perfect, preserve and protect the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent required to be granted pursuant to the Additional Mortgages and pay, and cause each such Subsidiary Loan Party to pay, in full, all Taxes, fees and other charges required to be paid in connection therewith, in each case subject to paragraph (g) below. Unless otherwise

 

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waived by the Collateral Agent, with respect to each such Additional Mortgage, the Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent contemporaneously therewith a flood hazard determination (along with an executed borrower’s notice and evidence of insurance as necessary), leasehold documentation, including an estoppel and consent agreement and a recorded lease or memorandum thereof, as necessary, opinions of local counsel, a title insurance policy and a survey and otherwise comply with the Collateral Requirements applicable to Mortgages and Mortgaged Property. Notwithstanding the foregoing in this paragraph (c), to the extent that the Borrower anticipates in good faith (1) delivering a Project Notice to the Administrative Agent with respect to any such Owned Real Property acquired after the Escrow Release Date within forty-five (45) days following such acquisition and (2) that such Project Notice would result in the release of a Mortgage securing the Obligations pursuant to Section 5.11(a) (if there were a Mortgage on such Owned Real Property), then the Borrower shall not be required to deliver an Additional Mortgage with respect to such Owned Real Property pursuant to this paragraph (c) (and such Owned Real Property will instead be subject to Section 5.11 below). If the Borrower has not delivered a Project Notice with respect to such Owned Real Property within such forty-five (45) day period, then the Borrower shall promptly take the actions required to be taken pursuant to this paragraph (c).

(d) If any additional direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower is formed or acquired after the Escrow Release Date (with any Subsidiary Redesignation resulting in an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary being deemed to constitute the acquisition of a Subsidiary) and if such Subsidiary is a Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary), within fifteen (15) Business Days after the date such Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary is formed or acquired (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may reasonably agree), notify the Collateral Agent thereof and, within twenty (20) Business Days after the date such Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary is formed or acquired or such longer period as the Collateral Agent shall agree (or, with respect to clauses (g) and (h) of the definition of “Collateral Requirement,” within 90 days after such formation or acquisition or such longer period as set forth therein or as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion, as applicable), cause the Collateral Requirement to be satisfied with respect to such Domestic Subsidiary and with respect to any Equity Interest in or Indebtedness of such Domestic Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party, subject in each case to paragraph (g) below.

(e) If any additional Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower is formed or acquired after the Escrow Release Date (with any Subsidiary Redesignation resulting in an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary being deemed to constitute the acquisition of a Subsidiary) and if such Subsidiary constitutes a “first tier” Foreign Subsidiary of a Loan Party, within fifteen (15) Business Days after the date such Foreign Subsidiary is formed or acquired (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree), notify the Collateral Agent thereof and, within twenty (20) Business Days after the date such Foreign Subsidiary is formed or acquired or such longer period as the Collateral Agent shall agree, cause the Collateral Requirement to be satisfied with respect to any Equity Interest in such Foreign Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party, subject in each case to paragraph (g) below.

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organization name, (B) in any Loan Party’s identity or organizational structure, (C) in any Loan Party’s organizational identification number or (D) in any Loan Party’s jurisdiction of organization; provided , that no Loan Party shall effect or permit any such change unless all filings have been made, or will have been made within any statutory period, under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties with the same priority as prior to such change.

(g) The Collateral Requirement and the other provisions of this Section 5.10 and the other provisions of the Loan Documents (other than the Escrow Agreement) with respect to Collateral (other than the Escrow Collateral) need not be satisfied with respect to any of the following (collectively, the “ Excluded Property ”): (i) any Real Property held by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as a lessee under a lease (except for those leases set forth on Schedule 1.01(A) ) or any Real Property owned in fee that is not Owned Real Property, (ii) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title and letter of credit rights (in each case, other than to the extent a Lien on such assets or such rights can be perfected by filing a UCC-1), and commercial tort claims with a value of less than $10.0 million, (iii) pledges and security interests not effective under, or prohibited by, applicable law, rule, regulation (including any Gaming Law) or enforceable contractual obligation not in violation of Section 6.09(c) binding on the assets that existed at the time of the acquisition thereof and was not created or made binding on the assets in contemplation or in connection with the acquisition of such assets (except in the case of assets (A) owned on the Escrow Release Date or (B) acquired after the Escrow Release Date with Indebtedness of the type permitted pursuant to clauses (i) or (j) of Section 6.01) (in each case, except to the extent such prohibition is unenforceable after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction), (iv) assets to the extent a security interest in such assets could reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), (v) those assets as to which the Collateral Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree that the costs or other consequence of obtaining or perfecting such a security interest or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the value of the security to be afforded thereby, (vi) any lease, license or other agreement to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Borrower or any other Loan Party) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, (vii) any governmental licenses (including gaming licenses) or state or local franchises, charters and authorizations, to the extent security interests in such licenses, franchises, charters or authorizations are prohibited or restricted thereby after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, (viii) pending United States “intent-to-use” trademark applications for which a verified statement of use or an amendment to allege use has not been filed with and accepted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, (ix) other customary exclusions under applicable local law or in applicable local jurisdictions set forth in the Security Documents, (x) any Excluded Securities, (xi) all assets of Holdings other than Equity Interests in the Borrower and other related assets pledged pursuant to the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement and (xii) for the avoidance of doubt, any assets owned by, or the Equity Interests of, any Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary or any Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary or any other asset securing any Qualified Non-Recourse Debt or any Permitted Receivables Financing (which shall in no event constitute

 

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Collateral hereunder, nor shall any Qualified Non-Recourse Subsidiary or Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary be a Loan Party hereunder); provided , that the Borrower may in its sole discretion elect to exclude any property from the definition of Excluded Property. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Collateral Agreement, the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement or any other Loan Document, (i) the Collateral Agent may grant extensions of time or waiver of requirement for the creation or perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of insurance (including title insurance) and surveys with respect to particular assets (including extensions beyond the Escrow Release Date for the perfection of security interests in the assets of the Loan Parties on such date) where it reasonably determines, in consultation with the Borrower, that perfection or obtaining of such items cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, (ii) no foreign law governed security documents or perfection under foreign law shall be required, (iii) Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to the Collateral Requirement and the Security Documents shall be subject to exceptions and limitations set forth in the Security Documents and, to the extent appropriate in the applicable jurisdiction, as otherwise agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, (iv) to the extent any Mortgaged Property is located in a jurisdiction with mortgage recording or similar tax, the amount secured by the Security Document with respect to such Mortgaged Property shall be limited to the fair market value of such Mortgaged Property as determined in good faith by the Borrower (subject to any applicable laws in the relevant jurisdiction or such lesser amount agreed to by the Collateral Agent), (v) there shall be no control, lockbox or similar arrangements nor any control agreements relating to the Borrower’s and its subsidiaries’ bank accounts (including deposit, securities or commodities accounts) and (vi) there shall be no landlord, mortgagee or bailee waivers and no notices shall be required to be sent to account debtors or other contractual third parties.

(h) The Borrower shall, or shall cause the applicable Loan Parties to, satisfy the requirements listed on Schedule 5.10 within the timeframes indicated thereon.

SECTION 5.11. Real Property Development Matters .

(a) Releases of Mortgaged Property . In the event that the Borrower delivers a Project Notice to the Administrative Agent with respect to all or any portion of a Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties constituting Undeveloped Land identifying the applicable Mortgaged Property or Properties, providing a reasonable description of the Project that the Borrower anticipates in good faith to be undertaken with respect to such Mortgaged Property or Properties constituting Undeveloped Land and identifying the Project Financing to be entered into in connection with the financing of such Project, then, if (x) the terms of such Project Financing require the release of the Mortgage securing the Obligations and (y) in the case of Undeveloped Land acquired after the Closing Date, the Borrower is in Pro Forma Compliance after giving effect to such Project Financing, on the later of the date that is ten (10) Business Days following the date of the delivery of the Project Notice to the Administrative Agent and the date a mortgage or other security document securing the Project Financing is executed and delivered for recording pending, or is executed and delivered substantially concurrently with, the release of the Mortgage securing the Obligations, the security interest and Mortgage on the applicable Mortgaged Property or Properties shall be automatically released, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party (and any Loan Party shall be permitted

 

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to take any action in connection therewith consistent with such release including, without limitation, the filing of UCC termination statements). In connection with any such termination or release, the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver (or cause to be executed or delivered) to any Loan Party, at such Loan Party’s expense, all documents that such Loan Party shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release (including, without limitation, mortgage releases (including partial mortgage releases in the case where the Mortgaged Property covered by any Mortgage includes Mortgaged Property not subject to such release) and UCC termination statements), and will duly assign and transfer to such Loan Party any such applicable Mortgaged Property. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 5.11 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent. With respect to any Owned Real Property owned by any Loan Party that is subject to a Project Financing pursuant to this Section 5.11, no second lien mortgages may be placed on such Owned Real Property while such Project Financing is outstanding.

(b) New Mortgages on Developed Properties .

(i) Promptly (but in no event later than 20 Business Days (or such longer time as the Administrative Agent shall permit in its reasonable discretion)) following the final completion of construction (as defined in the applicable engineering, procurement and construction contract) of any Project for which a Project Notice was previously delivered to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of the completion of such Project and, to the extent permitted by the terms of the applicable Project Financing ( provided that to the extent the terms of the applicable Project Financing restrict the taking of such actions, the Borrower shall take such actions promptly (but in no event later than 20 Business Days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent shall permit in its reasonable discretion)) following the cessation of such restrictions), shall take the actions specified in clause (iii) below;

(ii) Promptly (but in no event later than 20 Business Days (or such longer time as the Administrative Agent shall permit in its reasonable discretion)) following the abandonment or termination by the Borrower of any Project for which a Project Notice was previously delivered to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of the abandonment or termination of such Project and, unless the Borrower delivers a new Project Notice with respect to the Real Property subject to such Project within such 20 Business Days (or such longer time permitted by the Administrative Agent), shall take the actions specified in clause (iii) below;

(iii) To the extent required by the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the Borrower shall (w) release or cause any applicable Subsidiary Loan Party to release all security interests or mortgages on the Real Property subject to such Project securing such Project Financing, (x) grant or cause any applicable Subsidiary Loan Party to grant to the Collateral Agent Additional Mortgages in any such Owned Real Property of such Loan Party subject to such Project as are not covered by the original Mortgages, constituting valid and enforceable Liens subject to no other Liens except Permitted Liens at the time of recordation thereof, (y) record or file, and cause such Subsidiary Loan Party to record or file, the Additional Mortgage or instruments related thereto in such manner and in such places as is required by law to establish, perfect, preserve and protect the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent required to be granted pursuant to the

 

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Additional Mortgages and (z) pay, and cause such Subsidiary Loan Party to pay, in full, all Taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith, in each case subject to Section 5.10(g). Unless otherwise waived by the Collateral Agent, with respect to each such Additional Mortgage, the Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent contemporaneously therewith a title insurance policy and a survey and otherwise comply with the Collateral Requirements applicable to Mortgages and Mortgaged Property.

(c) Release of Liens . Promptly (but in no event later than 20 Business Days (or such longer time as the Administrative Agent shall permit in its reasonable discretion)) following the final completion of construction (as defined in the applicable engineering, procurement and construction contract) of any Project relating to a Mortgaged Property (other than with respect to which a Project Notice has been delivered), the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of the completion of such Project and, to the extent permitted by the terms of any such third party mortgage financing Indebtedness ( provided that to the extent the terms of the applicable mortgage financing Indebtedness restrict the taking of such actions, the Borrower shall take such actions promptly (but in no event later than 20 Business Days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent shall permit in its reasonable discretion)) following the cessation of such restrictions), shall and shall cause any applicable Subsidiary Loan Party to release all third party mortgage financing Indebtedness for such Project (if any) and file and record any and all necessary documents to restore the first priority security interest and Lien of the original Mortgage relating to the Mortgaged Property that was the subject of the Project and pay, and cause such Subsidiary Loan Party to pay, in full, all Taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith, in each case subject to Section 5.10(g). Unless otherwise waived by the Collateral Agent, the Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent contemporaneously therewith a bring down endorsement to the Collateral Agent’s title insurance policy and a survey and otherwise comply with the Collateral Requirements applicable to Mortgages and Mortgaged Property.

SECTION 5.12. Rating . Exercise commercially reasonable efforts to maintain ratings from each of Moody’s and S&P for the Term B Loans.

ARTICLE VI

Negative Covenants

The Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender that, until the Termination Date, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to:

SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness . Incur, create, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a) (i) Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date ( provided that any Indebtedness that is in excess of $5.0 million individually or $25.0 million in the aggregate shall only be permitted under this clause (a)(i) to the extent such Indebtedness is set forth on Schedule 6.01 ) and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness (other than intercompany indebtedness Refinanced with Indebtedness owed to a person not affiliated with the Borrower or any Subsidiary) and

 

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(ii) intercompany Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date; provided that (i) all such Indebtedness, if owed to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party, shall be evidenced by the Global Intercompany Note or other promissory note and shall be subject to a first priority Lien pursuant to the applicable Security Document and (ii) any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party to any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be subordinated to the Loan Obligations under this Agreement on subordination terms as described in the Global Intercompany Note or on other subordination terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower;

(b) Indebtedness created hereunder (including pursuant to Section 2.21) and under the other Loan Documents and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness;

(c) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to Swap Agreements not entered into for speculative purposes;

(d) Indebtedness owed to (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instruments for the benefit of) any person providing workers’ compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification obligations to such person, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices;

(e) Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided , that (i) all such Indebtedness, if owed to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party, shall be evidenced by the Global Intercompany Note or other promissory note and shall be subject to a first priority Lien pursuant to the applicable Security Document and (ii) other than in the case of intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management, tax and accounting operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, (x) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party owing to Loan Parties shall be subject to Section 6.04(b) or (gg) and (y) Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Subsidiary and Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party to any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party (the “ Subordinated Intercompany Debt ”) shall be subordinated to the Loan Obligations under this Agreement on subordination terms as described in the Global Intercompany Note or on other subordination terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower;

(f) Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations, in each case provided in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices;

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(h) (i) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or an entity merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any Subsidiary after the Closing Date and Indebtedness otherwise incurred or assumed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the acquisition of assets or Equity Interests (in each case, including a Permitted Business Acquisition), where such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation is not prohibited by this Agreement; provided , that, (x) in the case of Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Term B Loans and the Initial Revolving Loans, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis shall not be (I) greater than 4.25 to 1.00 or (II) greater than the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior thereto, (y) in the case of Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Term B Loans and the Initial Revolving Loans, the Total Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis shall not be (I) greater than 6.25 to 1.00 or (II) greater than the Total Secured Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior thereto and (z) in the case of unsecured Indebtedness or Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party that is secured by a Lien on the assets of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party, the Interest Coverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis shall be (I) at least 2.00 to 1.00 or (II) no less than the Interest Coverage Ratio in effect immediately prior thereto and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness; provided , (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (B) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness incurred by Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties under this clause (h) in contemplation of such acquisition shall not exceed the greater of $100.0 million and 4.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b) and (C) the Net Proceeds of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (h) at such time shall not be netted for purposes of such calculation of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio and the Total Secured Leverage Ratio, as applicable, at such time;

(i) (i) Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings and other purchase money Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary prior to or within 270 days after the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of the respective property (real or personal, and whether through the direct purchase of property or the Equity Interests of any person owning such property) permitted under this Agreement in order to finance such acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

(j) Capital Lease Obligations incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction that is permitted under Section 6.03, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

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the incurrence thereof, would not exceed the greater of $100.0 million and 4.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b), and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

(l) (i) Indebtedness (including in respect of the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes) in an aggregate principal amount that is not in excess of $675.0 million, and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance any such Indebtedness;

(m) Guarantees (i) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of the Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party permitted to be incurred under this Agreement, (ii) by any Loan Party of Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party to the extent such Guarantees are permitted by Section 6.04 (other than Section 6.04(w)), (iii) by any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party of Indebtedness of another Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party and (iv) by the Borrower of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties incurred for working capital purpose in the ordinary course of business on ordinary business terms so long as such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01(s); provided , that (x) Guarantees by any Loan Party under this Section 6.01(m) of any other Indebtedness of a person that is subordinated to other Indebtedness of such person shall be subordinated to the Loan Obligations to at least the same extent such underlying Indebtedness is so subordinated;

(n) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or any Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase or acquisition price or similar obligations (including earn outs), in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the Transactions and any Permitted Business Acquisition, other Investments or the disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary not prohibited by this Agreement;

(o) Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, warehouse receipts or similar instruments issued to support performance obligations and trade letters of credit (other than obligations in respect of other Indebtedness) in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practice;

(p) Indebtedness supported by a Letter of Credit, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit;

(q) Indebtedness consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

(r) (i) other Indebtedness so long as (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (B) after giving effect to the issuance, incurrence or assumption of such Indebtedness (x) in the case of Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu with the Liens

 

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on the Collateral securing the Term B Loans or the Initial Revolving Loans, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis shall not be greater than 4.25 to 1.00, (y) in the case of Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Term B Loans and the Initial Revolving Loans, the Total Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is not greater than 6.25 to 1.00 and (z) in the case of unsecured Indebtedness or Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party that is secured by a Lien on the assets of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party, the Interest Coverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is at least 2.00 to 1.00 and (ii) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; provided , however , that (I) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness incurred by Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties under this clause (r) shall not exceed the greater of $100.0 million and 4.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b), (II) for purposes of this clause (r), all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (2)(a) of the definition of Incremental Amount outstanding at such time shall be included in the calculation of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio at such time, all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (2)(b) of the definition of Incremental Amount outstanding at such time shall be included in the calculation of the Total Secured Leverage Ratio at such time, and all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (2)(c) of the definition of Incremental Amount outstanding at such time shall be included in the calculation of the Interest Coverage Ratio at such time and (III) the Net Proceeds of any Incremental Loans or Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(ee) or this Section 6.01(r) at such time shall not be netted for purposes of such calculation of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio and the Total Secured Leverage Ratio, as applicable, at such time;

(s) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed the greater of $100.0 million and 4.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b) and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

(t) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services; provided , that such obligations are incurred in connection with open accounts extended by suppliers on customary trade terms in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money or any Swap Agreements;

(u) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees, consultants or independent contractors of the Borrower (or, to the extent such work is done for the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business;

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(w) Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries incurred under lines of credit or overdraft facilities (including, but not limited to, intraday, ACH and purchasing card/T&E services) extended by one or more financial institutions reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent or by one or more of the Lenders or their Affiliates and (in each case) established for any of the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ ordinary course of operations (such Indebtedness, the “ Overdraft Line ”), which Indebtedness may be secured under the Security Documents;

(x) Indebtedness incurred on behalf of, or representing Guarantees of Indebtedness of, joint ventures, in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not in excess, at any one time outstanding, the greater of $100.0 million and 4.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b), and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

(y) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not greater than 100% of the net cash proceeds received by the Borrower from (x) the issuance or sale of its Qualified Equity Interests or (y) a contribution to its common equity with the net cash proceeds from the issuance and sale by Holdings or a Parent Entity of its Qualified Equity Interests or a contribution to its common equity (in each case of (x) and (y), other than proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests to, or contributions from, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), to the extent such net cash proceeds do not constitute Excluded Contributions, Management Fee Contributions or Permitted Cure Securities or are otherwise used to increase the Cumulative Credit and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

(z) (i) any Qualified Non-Recourse Debt and any Project Financing in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed $250.0 million and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

(aa) Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to current or former officers, directors and employees, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Parent Entity permitted by Section 6.06;

(bb) Indebtedness consisting of obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred by such person in connection with the Transactions and Permitted Business Acquisitions or any other Investment permitted hereunder;

(cc) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to or on behalf of any joint venture (regardless of the form of legal entity) that is not a Subsidiary arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations (including with respect to intercompany self-insurance arrangements) of the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and any joint venture and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

 

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(dd) Refinancing Notes and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in respect thereof;

(ee) Indebtedness of the Loan Parties that is either unsecured or secured by Liens ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations or secured by a first priority Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu with the Lien securing the Obligations and the aggregate outstanding principal amount of which does not, at the time of incurrence, exceed the Incremental Amount available at such time and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness; provided that (1) other than in the case of any First Lien Notes (which shall be subject to the limitations contained in the definition of First Lien Notes), (x) the terms of such Indebtedness do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to the date that is ninety one (91) days following the latest Term B Facility Maturity Date in effect on the date of incurrence (other than the customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default) and (y) the covenant, events of default, guarantees, collateral and other terms of such Indebtedness (other than interest rate and redemption premiums) taken as a whole, are not more restrictive to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries than those set forth in this Agreement; provided that a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower delivered to Administrative Agent in good faith at least three Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the incurrence of such indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement and (2) in the case of any such Indebtedness, no Subsidiary of the Borrower is a borrower or guarantor other than any Subsidiary Loan Party which shall have previously or substantially concurrently Guaranteed the Obligations.

(ff) (i) Indebtedness pursuant to First Lien Notes; provided that, the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans, Revolving Facility Commitments and First Lien Notes outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance, incurrence or assumption of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof shall not be greater than the sum of (1) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans, Revolving Facility Commitments and First Lien Notes outstanding immediately prior to such issuance, incurrence or assumption and (2) the Refinancing Amount in connection with such issuance, incurrence or assumption and (ii) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

(gg) Obligations in respect of Cash Management Agreements;

(hh) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, agreements to pay service fees to professionals (including architects, engineers and designers) in furtherance of and/or in connection with any project, in each case to the extent such agreements and related payment provisions are reasonably consistent with commonly accepted industry practices ( provided that no such agreements shall give rise to Indebtedness for borrowed money);

 

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(ii) Indebtedness incurred prior to the Escrow Release Date in respect of any Interim Loan Facility; provided that such Indebtedness is repaid on or prior to the Escrow Release Date; and

(jj) all premium (if any, including tender premiums), expenses, defeasance costs, interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in paragraphs (a) through (ii) above.

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.01, the amount of any Indebtedness denominated in any currency other than Dollars shall be calculated based on customary currency exchange rates in effect, in the case of such Indebtedness incurred (in respect of term Indebtedness) or committed (in respect of revolving Indebtedness) on or prior to the Closing Date, on the Closing Date and, in the case of such Indebtedness incurred (in respect of term Indebtedness) or committed (in respect of revolving Indebtedness) after the Closing Date, on the date that such Indebtedness was incurred (in respect of term Indebtedness) or committed (in respect of revolving Indebtedness); provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than Dollars (or in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced), and such refinancing would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the outstanding or committed principal amount, as applicable, of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums (including tender premiums), defeasance costs and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing.

For purposes of determining compliance with Section 6.01 and the calculation of the Incremental Amount, if the use of proceeds from any incurrence, issuance or assumption of Indebtedness is to fund the Refinancing of any Indebtedness, then such Refinancing shall be deemed to have occurred substantially simultaneously with such incurrence, issuance or assumption so long as (1) such Refinancing occurs on the same Business Day as such incurrence, issuance or assumption, (2) if such proceeds will be offered (through a tender offer or otherwise) to the holders of such Indebtedness to be Refinanced, the proceeds thereof are deposited with a trustee, agent or other representative for such holders pending the completion of such offer on the same Business Day as such incurrence, issuance or assumption (and such proceeds are ultimately used in the consummation of such offer or otherwise used to Refinance Indebtedness), (3) if such proceeds will be used to fund the redemption, discharge or defeasance of such Indebtedness to be Refinanced, the proceeds thereof are deposited with a trustee, agent or other representative for such Indebtedness pending such redemption, discharge or defeasance on the same Business Day as such incurrence, issuance or assumption or (4) the proceeds thereof are otherwise set aside to fund such Refinancing pursuant to procedures reasonably agreed with the Administrative Agent.

Further, for purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.01, (A) Indebtedness need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Indebtedness described in Sections 6.01(a) through (jj) but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof and (B) in the event that an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof)

 

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meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Indebtedness described in Sections 6.01(a) through (jj), the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 6.01 and will only be required to include the amount and type of such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in one of the above clauses and such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) shall be treated as having been incurred or existing pursuant to only one of such clauses, provided , that all Indebtedness under this Agreement outstanding on the Closing Date shall at all times be deemed to have been incurred pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 6.01 and may not be reclassified. In addition, with respect to any Indebtedness that was permitted to be incurred hereunder on the date of such incurrence, any Increased Amount of such Indebtedness shall also be permitted hereunder after the date of such incurrence.

SECTION 6.02. Liens . Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or assets (including stock or other securities of any person, including any Subsidiary) at the time owned by it or on any income or revenues or rights in respect of any thereof, except the following (collectively, “ Permitted Liens ”):

(a) Liens on property or assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date (or created following the Closing Date pursuant to agreements in existence on the Closing Date requiring the creation of such Liens) and, to the extent securing Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5.0 million individually or $25.0 million in the aggregate shall only be permitted under this paragraph (a) to the extent such Lien is set forth on Schedule 6.02(a ), and any modifications, replacements, renewals or extensions thereof; provided , that such Liens shall secure only those obligations that they secure on the Closing Date (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such obligations permitted by Section 6.01(a)) and shall not subsequently apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than (A) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien, and (B) proceeds and products thereof;

(b) any Lien created under the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, Liens created under the Security Documents securing obligations in respect of Secured Swap Agreements, Secured Cash Management Agreements, any First Lien Notes (which are intended to be secured by Liens on the Collateral that are pari passu with Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations) and the Overdraft Line secured pursuant to the Security Documents) or permitted in respect of any Mortgaged Property by the terms of the applicable Mortgage; provided that in the case of any such First Lien Notes, (A) the holders of such Indebtedness (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall have delivered to the Collateral Agent an Other First Lien Secured Party Consent (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) and (B) the Borrower shall have complied with the other requirements of Section 7.23 of the Collateral Agreement with respect to such First Lien Notes;

(c) any Lien on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary securing Indebtedness or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(h); provided , that such Lien does not apply to any other property or assets of

 

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the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries not securing such Indebtedness at the date of the acquisition of such property or asset and accessions and additions thereto and proceeds and products thereof (other than after acquired property required to be subjected to a Lien pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness (and refinancings thereof) and other obligations incurred prior to such date and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder and require a pledge of after acquired property, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition);

(d) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies not yet delinquent or that are being contested in compliance with Section 5.03;

(e) Liens imposed by law, including landlord’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, supplier’s, construction or other like Liens, securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and in respect of which, if applicable, the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have set aside on its books reserves in accordance with GAAP;

(f) (i) pledges and deposits and other Liens made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with the Federal Employers Liability Act or any other workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations and deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements in respect of such obligations and (ii) pledges and deposits and other Liens securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

(g) deposits and other Liens to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness), leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance and return of money bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, agreements with utilities, and other obligations of a like nature (including letters of credit in lieu of any such bonds or to support the issuance thereof) incurred in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;

(h) zoning restrictions, survey exceptions and such matters as an accurate survey would disclose, easements, trackage rights, leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), licenses, special assessments, rights-of-way, covenants, conditions, restrictions and declarations on or with respect to the use of Real Property, servicing agreements, development agreements, site plan agreements and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business and title defects or irregularities that are of a minor nature and that, in the aggregate, do not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

 

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(i) Liens securing Indebtedness and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Sections 6.01(i) and 6.01(z) (in each case limited to the assets financed with such Indebtedness (or the Indebtedness Refinanced thereby) and any accessions and additions thereto and the proceeds and products thereof and customary security deposits and related property; provided that individual financings provided by one lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings provided by such lender and incurred under Section 6.01(i) or (z));

(j) Liens arising out of capitalized lease transactions permitted under Section 6.03, so long as such Liens attach only to the property sold and being leased in such transaction and any accessions and additions thereto or proceeds and products thereof and related property;

(k) Liens securing judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 7.01(j);

(l) Liens disclosed by the title insurance policies delivered on or subsequent to the Closing Date and pursuant to Section 5.10 and any replacement, extension or renewal of any such Lien; provided , that such replacement, extension or renewal Lien shall not cover any property other than the property that was subject to such Lien prior to such replacement, extension or renewal; provided , further , that the Indebtedness and other obligations secured by such replacement, extension or renewal Lien are permitted by this Agreement;

(m) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any leases or subleases entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(n) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks and other financial institutions not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposits, sweep accounts, reserve accounts or similar accounts of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including with respect to credit card chargebacks and similar obligations or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers, suppliers or service providers of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(o) Liens (i) arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business or (iii) encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(p) Liens securing obligations in respect of trade-related letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar obligations permitted under Section 6.01(f) or (o) and covering the property (or the documents of title in respect of such property) financed by such letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar obligations and the proceeds and products thereof;

 

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(q) leases or subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including with respect to intellectual property and software) granted to others in the ordinary course of business not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

(r) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

(s) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement in respect of any Investment permitted hereunder;

(t) Liens with respect to property or assets of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party securing Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party permitted under Section 6.01;

(u) other Liens with respect to property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that (i) after giving effect to any such Lien and the incurrence of Indebtedness, if any, secured by such Lien is created, incurred, acquired or assumed (or any prior Indebtedness becomes so secured), in the case of a Lien on the Collateral that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu with the Term B Loans or the Initial Revolving Loans, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis shall not be greater than 4.25 to 1.00, (ii) at the time of the incurrence of such Lien and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (iii) the Indebtedness or other obligations secured by such Lien are otherwise permitted by this Agreement, (iv) if such Liens are (or are intended to be) secured by Liens on the Collateral that are pari passu with the Liens securing the Loan Obligations, such Liens shall be subject to a Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and (v) if such Liens are (or are intended to be) secured by Liens on the Collateral that are junior in priority to the Liens securing the Loan Obligations, such Liens shall be subject to a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement;

(v) Liens on any amounts held by a trustee under any indenture or other debt agreement issued in escrow pursuant to customary escrow arrangements pending the release thereof, or under any indenture or other debt agreement pursuant to customary discharge, redemption or defeasance provisions;

(w) the prior rights of consignees and their lenders under consignment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(x) agreements to subordinate any interest of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in any accounts receivable or other proceeds arising from inventory consigned by the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries pursuant to an agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(y) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or consignments entered into in connection with any transaction otherwise permitted under this Agreement;

(z) Liens on Equity Interests in joint ventures (i) securing obligations of such joint ventures or (ii) pursuant to the relevant joint venture agreement or arrangement;

(aa) Liens on securities that are the subject of repurchase agreements constituting Permitted Investments under clause (c) of the definition thereof;

(bb) Liens in respect of Permitted Receivables Financings that extend only to the receivables subject thereto and securing obligations in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time not to exceed $25.0 million;

(cc) Liens on goods or inventory the purchase, shipment or storage price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit, bank guarantee or bankers’ acceptance issued or created for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Lien secures only the obligations of the Borrower or such Subsidiaries in respect of such letter of credit, bank guarantee or banker’s acceptance to the extent permitted under Section 6.01;

(dd) in the case of Real Property that constitutes a leasehold interest, any Lien to which the fee simple interest (or any superior leasehold interest) is subject;

(ee) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligation (i) of the Borrower or a Subsidiary in favor of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party, (ii) of any Subsidiary that is not Loan Party in favor of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and (iii) permitted under Section 6.01(x);

(ff) Liens securing insurance premiums financing arrangements, provided , that such Liens are limited to the applicable unearned insurance premiums;

(gg) Liens securing Swap Agreements that were not entered into for speculative purposes;

(hh) other Liens with respect to property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary securing obligations in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time not to exceed $35.0 million;

(ii) any amounts held by a trustee in the funds and accounts under an indenture securing any revenue bonds issued for the benefit of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

(jj) Liens securing (x) First Lien Notes, provided that such Liens shall be subject to a Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and (y) Indebtedness permitted by Sections 6.01(dd) and (ee); provided that, (i) if such Liens are (or are intended to be) secured by Liens on the Collateral that are pari passu with the Liens securing the Loan Obligations, such Liens shall be subject to a Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor

 

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Agreement and (ii) if such Liens are (or are intended to be) secured by Liens on the Collateral that are junior in priority to the Liens securing the Loan Obligations, such Liens shall be subject to a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement;

(kk) Liens on cash and Permitted Investments on deposit with Lenders and Affiliates of Lenders securing obligations owing to such Persons under any treasury, depository, overdraft or other cash management services agreements or arrangements with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

(ll) Second Priority Liens on Collateral securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01;

(mm) the Venue Easements and any other easements, covenants, rights of way or similar instruments which do not materially impact a project in an adverse manner granted in connection with arrangements contemplated under Section 6.05(o) or (p);

(nn) the filing of a reversion, subdivision or final map(s), record(s) of survey and/or amendments to any of the foregoing over Real Property held by the Loan Parties designed (A) to merge one or more of the separate parcels thereof together so long as (i) the entirety of each such parcel shall be owned by Loan Parties, (ii) no portion of the Mortgaged Property is merged with any Real Property that is not part of the Mortgaged Property and (iii) the gross acreage and footprint of the Mortgaged Property remains unaffected in any material respect or (B) to separate one or more of the parcels thereof together so long as (i) the entirety of each resulting parcel shall be owned by Loan Parties, (ii) no portion of the Mortgaged Property ceases to be subject to a Mortgage and (iii) the gross acreage and footprint of the Mortgaged Property remains unaffected in any material respect;

(oo) from and after the lease or sublease of any interest pursuant to Section 6.05(o) or (p), any reciprocal easement agreement entered into between a Loan Party and the holder of such interest;

(pp) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien permitted by the foregoing clauses; provided , however , that (x) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same type of property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on and accessions to such property, proceeds and products thereof, customary security deposits and any other assets pursuant to after-acquired property clauses to the extent such assets secured (or would have secured) the Indebtedness being Refinanced), (y) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Indebtedness or, if greater, committed amount of the applicable Indebtedness at the time the original Lien became a Lien permitted hereunder and (B) any unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premiums) thereon and an amount necessary to pay associated underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions and expenses related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement, and (z)

 

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Indebtedness secured by Liens ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations may not be refinanced pursuant to this clause (pp) with Liens ranking pari passu to the Liens securing the Obligations;

(qq) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Sections 6.01(h) and (k); provided that in the case of Section 6.01(h), such Liens securing the Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(h) shall only be permitted under this clause (qq) if, on a Pro Forma Basis, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio would be no greater than immediately prior to such incurrence; and

(rr) Liens incurred prior to the Escrow Release Date securing any Interim Loan Facility; provided that such Liens are terminated and released on or prior to the Escrow Release Date.

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.02, (A) a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Liens described in Sections 6.02(a) through (qq) but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof and (B) in the event that a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Liens described in Sections 6.02(a) through (qq), the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such Lien securing such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this covenant and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Lien or such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) secured by such Lien in one of the above clauses and such Lien securing such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) will be treated as being incurred or existing pursuant to only one of such clauses. In addition, with respect to any Lien securing Indebtedness that was permitted to secure such Indebtedness at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such Lien shall also be permitted to secure any Increased Amount of such Indebtedness.

SECTION 6.03. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions . Enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any person whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred (a “ Sale and Lease-Back Transaction ”); provided that a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction shall be permitted (a) with respect to (i) Excluded Property, (ii) property owned by the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary that is acquired after the Closing Date so long as such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction is consummated within 365 days of the acquisition of such property or (iii) property owned by any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party regardless of when such property was acquired, (b) with respect to any other property owned by the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary, (i) if at the time the lease in connection therewith is entered into, (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (B) with respect to any such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction with Net Proceeds in excess of $5.0 million, after giving effect to the entering into of such lease, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance and (ii) if such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction is of property owned by the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary as of the Closing Date, the Net Proceeds therefrom are used to prepay the Term Loans to the extent required by Section 2.11(b), and (c) in connection with any Project

 

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Financing; provided , further , that the Borrower or the applicable Domestic Subsidiary shall receive at least fair market value (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) for any property disposed of in any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction pursuant to clause (a)(ii) or (b) of this Section 6.03 (as approved by the Board of Directors of the Borrower in any case of any property with a fair market value in excess of $25.0 million).

SECTION 6.04. Investments, Loans and Advances . Purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger, consolidation or amalgamation with a person that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or amalgamation) any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to or Guarantees of Indebtedness of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in (each, an “ Investment ”), any other person, except:

(a) the Transactions;

(b) (i) Investments by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; (ii) intercompany loans from the Borrower or any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any Subsidiary; and (iii) Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided , that (A) Investments made after the Closing Date by any Loan Party pursuant to clause (i) in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, and (B) intercompany loans made after the Closing Date by any Loan Party to Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties pursuant to clause (ii) and (C) Guarantees after the Closing Date by any Loan Party of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties pursuant to clause (iii), shall not exceed the sum of (x) the greater of $50.0 million and 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such loan or advance for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or Section 5.04(b) plus (y) an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received in respect of any such Investment;

(c) Permitted Investments and Investments that were Permitted Investments when made;

(d) Investments arising out of the receipt by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of noncash consideration for the sale of assets permitted under Section 6.05 (other than Section 6.05(h));

(e) loans and advances to officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (i) in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $10.0 million in the aggregate at any time outstanding (calculated without regard to write downs or write offs thereof), (ii) in respect of payroll payments and expenses in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in connection with such person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity solely to the extent that the amount of such loans and advances shall be contributed to the Borrower in cash as common equity;

 

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(f) accounts receivable, security deposits and prepayments arising and trade credit granted in the ordinary course of business and any assets or securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss and any prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business;

(g) Swap Agreements that are not entered into for speculative purposes;

(h) Investments existing on, or contractually committed as of, the Closing Date consisting of intercompany loans or as set forth on Schedule 6.04 and any extensions, renewals or reinvestments thereof, so long as the aggregate amount of all Investments pursuant to this clause (h) is not increased at any time above the amount of such Investment existing or committed on the Closing Date (other than pursuant to an increase as required by the terms of any such Investment as in existence on the Closing Date);

(i) Investments resulting from pledges and deposits under Sections 6.02(f), (g), (k), (r), (s), (u) and (gg);

(j) other Investments by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in an aggregate amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any write-downs or write-offs thereof) not to exceed (i) the greater of $100.0 million and 4.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such Investment for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04 ( plus any returns of capital (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received by the respective investor in respect of investments theretofore made by it pursuant to this clause (j)) plus (ii) the portion, if any, of the Cumulative Credit on the date of such election that the Borrower elects to apply to this Section 6.04(j)(ii), such election to be specified in a written notice of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower calculating in reasonable detail the amount of Cumulative Credit immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be so applied; provided that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (j) is made in any person that is not a Subsidiary of the Borrower at the date of the making of such Investment and such person becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower after such date, such Investment shall, upon the election of the Borrower, thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (b) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (j) for so long as such person continues to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower;

(k) Investments constituting Permitted Business Acquisitions;

(l) Investments in a Similar Business in an aggregate amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any write downs or write offs thereof) not to exceed the greater of $100.0 million and 4.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such Investment for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04 (plus any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale,

 

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repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received by the respective investor in respect of investments theretofore made by it pursuant to this clause (l)); provided that if any Investment pursuant to this this clause (l) is made in any person that is not a Subsidiary of the Borrower at the date of the making of such Investment and such person becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower after such date, such Investment shall, upon the election of the Borrower, thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (b) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (l) for so long as such person continues to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower;

(m) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with or judgments against, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business or Investments acquired by the Borrower as a result of a foreclosure by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investments or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;

(n) Investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of an entity merged into the Borrower or merged into or consolidated with a Subsidiary after the Closing Date, in each case, (i) to the extent such acquisition, merger or consolidation was or is permitted under this Section 6.04 or Section 6.05 and (ii) to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation;

(o) acquisitions by the Borrower of obligations of one or more officers or other employees of any Parent Entity, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with such officer’s or employee’s acquisition of Equity Interests of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity, so long as no cash is actually advanced by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries to such officers or employees in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations;

(p) Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of operating leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(q) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made with Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Parent Entity;

(r) [reserved];

(s) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount outstanding not to exceed the greater of $50.0 million and 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such loan or advance for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or Section 5.04(b) (plus any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received

 

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by the respective investor in respect of investments theretofore made by it pursuant to this clause (s)), as valued at the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of such Investment at the time such Investment is made; provided that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (s) is made in any Unrestricted Subsidiary and such Unrestricted Subsidiary is redesignated a Subsidiary of the Borrower after such date, such redesignation shall increase the amount available pursuant to this clause (s) by an amount equal to the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of the Borrower’s Investments in such Subsidiary previously made in reliance on this clause (s) at the time of such redesignation;

(t) Investments consisting of Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.06;

(u) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;

(v) Investments in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties not to exceed the greater of $100.0 million and 5.00% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such loan or advance for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or Section 5.04(b) (plus an amount equal to any return of capital actually received in respect of Investments theretofore made pursuant to this clause (v)), as valued at the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of such Investment at the time such Investment is made;

(w) Guarantees permitted under Section 6.01 (except to the extent such Guarantee is expressly subject to Section 6.04);

(x) advances in the form of a prepayment of expenses, so long as such expenses are being paid in accordance with customary trade terms of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

(y) Investments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including loans and advances to any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, if the Borrower or any other Subsidiary would otherwise be permitted to make a Restricted Payment in such amount ( provided that the amount of any such Investment shall also be deemed to be a Restricted Payment under the appropriate paragraph of Section 6.06 for all purposes of this Agreement);

(z) Investments consisting of Receivables Assets or arising as a result of Permitted Receivables Financings;

(aa) Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing or other arrangements with other persons;

(bb) Investments consisting of or to finance purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials, services or equipment or purchases of contract rights or purchases, sales, licenses or sublicenses (including in respect of gaming licenses) or leases of intellectual property;

 

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(cc) Investments received substantially contemporaneously in exchange for Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity; provided that such Investments are not included in any determination of the Cumulative Credit;

(dd) [reserved];

(ee) any Investment made pursuant to an Operations Management Agreement;

(ff) Investments in joint ventures not in excess of (x) the greater of $100.0 million and 5.00% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such loan or advance for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or Section 5.04(b) plus (y) an aggregate amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received by the respective investor in respect of investments theretofore made by it pursuant to this clause (ff); provided that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (ff) is made in any person that is not a Subsidiary of the Borrower at the date of the making of such Investment and such person becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower after such date, such Investment shall, upon the election of the Borrower, thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to paragraph (b) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (ff) for so long as such person continues to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower;

(gg) any Investment (i) deemed to exist as a result of a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party distributing a note or other intercompany debt to a parent of such Subsidiary that is a Loan Party (to the extent there is no cash consideration or services rendered for such note), (ii) consisting of intercompany current liabilities in connection with the cash management, tax and accounting operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and (iii) consisting of intercompany loans, advances or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-overs or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business; and

(hh) Investments in joint ventures established to develop or operate nightclubs, bars, restaurants, recreation, exercise or gym facilities, or entertainment or retail venues or similar or related establishments or facilities within any project not to exceed at any one time in the aggregate the greater of $50.0 million and 1.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such Investment for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b), which Investments may be made pursuant to (or in lieu of) dispositions in the manner contemplated under Sections 6.05(p) or (q) or received in consideration for dispositions under Sections 6.05(p) or (q).

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the outstanding amount of Investments pursuant to any clause set forth above. The amount of any Investment made other than in the form of cash or cash equivalents shall be the fair market value thereof (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any subsequent write-downs or write-offs thereof.

The amount of Investments that may be made at any time pursuant to Section 6.04(b), 6.04(j) or 6.04(l) (such Sections, the “ Related Sections ”) may, at the election of the Borrower, be increased by the amount of Investments that could be made at such time under the other Related Section; provided , that the amount of each such increase in respect of one Related Section shall be treated as having been used under the other Related Section.

SECTION 6.05. Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions . Merge into, or consolidate or amalgamate with any other person, or permit any other person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or any part of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or issue, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of any other person, except that this Section shall not prohibit:

(a) (i) the purchase and sale of inventory, or the sale of receivables pursuant to non-recourse factoring arrangements, in each case in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (ii) the acquisition or lease (pursuant to an operating lease) of any other asset in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or, with respect to operating leases, otherwise for fair market value on market terms (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), (iii) the sale of surplus, obsolete, damaged or worn out equipment or other property in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (iv) the sale or disposition of Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business;

(b) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (i) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Subsidiary into or with the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the survivor, (ii) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of a Subsidiary into or with any Loan Party in a transaction in which the surviving or resulting entity is a Loan Party and, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), no person other than a Loan Party receives any consideration, (iii) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party into or with any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, (iv) the liquidation or dissolution or change in form of entity of the Borrower or any Subsidiary if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation, dissolution or change in form is in the best interests of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders or (v) any Subsidiary may merge, consolidate or amalgamate into or with any other person in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 6.04 so long as the continuing or surviving person shall be a Subsidiary, which shall be a Loan Party if the merging, consolidating or amalgamating Subsidiary was a Loan Party and which together with each of its Subsidiaries shall have complied with the requirements of Section 5.10;

 

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(c) sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions to the Borrower or a Subsidiary (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise); provided , that any sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions by a Loan Party to a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in reliance on this paragraph (c) shall not in the aggregate exceed, in any fiscal year of the Borrower, $10.0 million;

(d) Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by Section 6.03;

(e) Investments permitted by Section 6.04, Permitted Liens, and Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.06;

(f) the sale of defaulted receivables in the ordinary course of business and not as part of an accounts receivables financing transaction;

(g) sales, transfers, leases, licenses or other dispositions of assets not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.05; provided , that (i) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, (ii) with respect to any such sale, transfer, lease or other disposition with aggregate gross proceeds (including noncash proceeds) in excess of $25.0 million, immediately after giving effect thereto, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance, (iii) the Net Proceeds thereof are applied in accordance with Section 2.11(b), (iv) such sale, transfer or other disposition of assets shall be for fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), or if not for fair market value, the shortfall is permitted as an Investment under Section 6.04 and (v) no such sale, transfer or other disposition of assets in excess of $25.0 million shall be permitted unless such disposition is for at least 75% cash consideration; provided , that for purposes of this subclause (g)(v), each of the following shall be deemed to be cash: (A) the amount of any liabilities (as shown on the Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Obligations) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets or are otherwise cancelled in connection with such transaction, (B) any notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary of the Borrower from such transferee that are converted by the Borrower or such Subsidiary of the Borrower into cash within 180 days of the receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received), (C) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this subclause (g)(v)(C) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $100.0 million and 4.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such receipt for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or Section 5.04(b) (with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) and (D) with respect to any lease of assets by the Borrower or a Subsidiary that constitutes a disposition, receipt of lease payments over time on market terms (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) where the payment consideration is at least 75% cash consideration;

 

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(h) Permitted Business Acquisitions (including any merger, consolidation or amalgamation in order to effect a Permitted Business Acquisition); provided , that following any such merger, consolidation or amalgamation involving the Borrower, the Borrower is the surviving corporation;

(i) leases, licenses, or subleases or sublicenses of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;

(j) sales, leases or other dispositions of inventory or sales, licenses, sublicenses or other dispositions or abandonment of intellectual property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries determined by the management of the Borrower to be no longer useful or necessary in the operation of the business of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries;

(k) acquisitions and purchases made with the proceeds of any Asset Sale pursuant to the first proviso of paragraph (a) of the definition of “Net Proceeds”;

(l) the purchase and sale or other transfer (including by capital contribution) of Receivables Assets pursuant to Permitted Receivables Financings;

(m) any exchange of assets for services and/or other assets of comparable or greater value; provided , that (i) at least 90% of the consideration received by the transferor consists of assets that will be used in a business or business activity permitted hereunder, (ii) in the event of a swap with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) in excess of $25.0 million, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower with respect to such fair market value and (iii) in the event of a swap with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) in excess of $35.0 million, such exchange shall have been approved by at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the Borrower; provided , further , that (A) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, (B) with respect to any such exchange with aggregate gross consideration in excess of $5.0 million, immediately after giving effect thereto, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance, and (C) the Net Proceeds, if any, thereof are applied in accordance with Section 2.11(b);

(n) [reserved];

(o) any disposition made pursuant to an Operations Management Agreement; and

(p) (i) the lease, sublease or license of any portion of any project to persons who, either directly or through Affiliates of such persons, intend to operate or manage nightclubs, bars, restaurants, recreation areas, spas, pools, exercise or gym facilities, or entertainment or retail venues or similar or related establishments or facilities within such project and (ii) the grant of declarations of covenants, conditions and restrictions and/or easements with respect to common area spaces and similar instruments benefiting such tenants of such leases, subleases and licenses generally and/or entered into connection with a project (collectively, the “ Venue Easements ,” and together with any such leases,

 

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subleases or licenses, collectively the “ Venue Documents ”); provided that (A) no Event of Default shall exist and be continuing at the time any such Venue Document is entered into or would occur as a result of entering into such Venue Document, (B) the Loan Parties shall maintain control (which may be through required contractual standards) over the type or quality of the business being operated or conducted in connection with any such leased, subleased or licensed space and (C) no Venue Document or operations conducted pursuant thereto would reasonably be expected to materially interfere with, or materially impair or detract from, the operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries; provided further that upon request by the Borrower, the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties shall provide the tenant, subtenant or licensee under any Venue Document or any holder of easements or other rights pursuant to clause (r) below with a subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit L hereto, as applicable, or in such other form as is reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the applicable Loan Party;

(q) the dedication of space or other dispositions of property in connection with and in furtherance of constructing structures or improvements reasonably related to the development, construction and operation of any project; provided that in each case such dedication or other dispositions are in furtherance of, and do not materially impair or interfere with the operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries;

(r) dedications of, or the granting of easements, rights of way, rights of access and/or similar rights, to any Governmental Authority, utility providers, cable or other communication providers and/or other parties providing services or benefits to any project, any Real Property held by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries or the public at large that would not reasonably be expected to interfere in any material respect with the operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries; and

(s) any disposition of Equity Interests of a Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement or other obligation with or to a person (other than the Borrower and the Subsidiaries) from whom such Subsidiary was acquired or from whom such Subsidiary acquired its business and assets (having been newly formed in connection with such acquisition), made as part of such acquisition and in each case comprising all or a portion of the consideration in respect of such sale or acquisition.

To the extent any Collateral is sold or disposed of in a transaction permitted by this Section 6.05 to any person other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party, such Collateral shall be sold or disposed of free and clear of the Liens created by the Loan Documents ( provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any disposal consisting of an operating lease or license, the underlying property retained by the Borrower or such Subsidiary Loan Party will not be so released), and the Administrative Agent shall take, and is hereby authorized by each Lender to take, any actions reasonably requested by the Borrower in order to evidence the foregoing.

SECTION 6.06. Restricted Payments . Declare or pay any dividend or make any other distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, with respect to any of its Equity Interests (other than dividends and distributions on Equity Interests payable solely by the issuance of additional Equity Interests

 

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(other than Disqualified Stock) of the person paying such dividends or distributions) or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value (or permit any Subsidiary to purchase or acquire) any Equity Interests of the Borrower or set aside any amount for any such purpose (other than through the issuance of additional Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower) (the foregoing, “ Restricted Payments ”); provided , however , that:

(a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or to any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (or, in the case of non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis (or more favorable basis from the perspective of the Borrower or such Subsidiary) based on their relative ownership interests);

(b) Restricted Payments may be made (x) in respect of (i) overhead, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses of any Parent Entity, (ii) fees and expenses related to any public offering or private placement of debt or equity securities of any Parent Entity whether or not consummated, (iii) franchise and similar taxes and other fees and expenses, required to maintain any Parent Entity’s existence, (iv) payments permitted by Section 6.07(b) (other than clauses (vii), (xxii) and (xxiii) thereof), and (v) customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, officers, directors and employees of any Parent Entity, in each case in order to permit any Parent Entity to make such payments; provided , that in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the amount of such Restricted Payments shall not exceed the portion of any amounts referred to in such clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) that are allocable to the Borrower or the Subsidiaries and (y) in respect of any taxable period for which the Borrower and/or any of its Subsidiaries are members of a consolidated, combined, affiliated, unitary or similar tax group for U.S. federal and/or applicable state, local or foreign tax purposes of which any Parent Entity is the common parent, or for which the Borrower is a disregarded entity for U.S. federal and/or applicable state or local income tax purposes, distributions to any Parent Entity in an amount not to exceed the amount of any such U.S. federal, state, local or foreign taxes that the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, would have paid for such taxable period had the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, been a stand-alone corporate taxpayer or a stand-alone corporate group;

(c) Restricted Payments may be made to any Parent Entity the proceeds of which are used to purchase or redeem the Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Parent Entity (including related stock appreciation rights or similar securities) held by then present or former directors, consultants, officers or employees of any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or by any Plan or any shareholders’ agreement then in effect upon such person’s death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or under the terms of any such Plan or any other agreement under which such shares of stock or related rights were issued; provided , that the aggregate amount of such purchases or redemptions under this paragraph (c) shall not exceed in any fiscal year (1) $15.0 million, plus (2) (x) the amount of net proceeds contributed to the Borrower that were received by any Parent Entity during such calendar year from sales of Equity Interests of any Parent Entity to directors, consultants, officers or employees of any Parent Entity, the

 

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Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with permitted employee compensation and incentive arrangements, and (y) the amount of net proceeds of any key-man life insurance policies received during such calendar year, which, if not used in any year, may be carried forward to any subsequent calendar year, subject, with respect to unused amounts from clause (1) of this proviso that are carried forward, to an overall limit in any fiscal year of $30.0 million (which shall increase to $50.0 million subsequent to a Qualified IPO); and provided , further , that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower from members of management of any Parent Entity, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of any Parent Entity will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 6.06;

(d) noncash repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options;

(e) Restricted Payments may be made in an aggregate amount equal to the portion, if any, of the Cumulative Credit on such date that the Borrower elects to apply to this Section 6.06(e), such election to be specified in a written notice of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower calculating in reasonable detail the amount of Cumulative Credit immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be so applied; provided , that, (1) after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis shall not be greater than 4.25 to 1.00 and (2) the date of such Restricted Payment shall not occur during a Covenant Suspension Period or during the continuation of an Event of Default;

(f) Restricted Payments may be made on or prior to the Escrow Release Date in connection with the consummation of the Transactions;

(g) Restricted Payments may be made to allow any Parent Entity to make payments in cash, in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares, upon the exercise of warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Equity Interests of any such person;

(h) Restricted Payments may be made to any Parent Entity so that any Parent Entity may make Restricted Payments to its equity holders in an amount equal to 6% per annum of the net proceeds received by the Borrower from any public offering of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Parent Entity;

(i) Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $35.0 million and 1.5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such Restricted Payment for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b);

(j) any Restricted Payment made under any Operations Management Agreement;

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(l) Restricted Payments may be made to any Parent Entity to finance any Investment permitted to be made pursuant to Section 6.04; provided that (A) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment and (B) such parent shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (1) all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests) to be contributed to the Borrower or a Subsidiary or (2) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation (to the extent permitted in Section 6.05) of the person formed or acquired into the Borrower or a Subsidiary in order to consummate such Permitted Business Acquisition or Investment, in each case, in accordance with the requirements of Section 5.10; and

(m) Restricted Payments that are made with or in an amount equal to any Excluded Contributions.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article VI (including Section 6.04 and this Section 6.06), the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower to, make any Restricted Payment (whether in cash or otherwise) for the purpose of, directly or indirectly, (x) paying any dividend or making any distribution to or acquiring any Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Parent Entity from the Funds or (y) guarantee any Indebtedness of any Affiliate of the Borrower for the purpose of making any Restricted Payment to the Funds, in each case by means of utilization of the cumulative dividend and investment credit provided by use of the Cumulative Credit or the exceptions provided by Section 6.06(e) or pursuant to Section 6.04(j), (l), (w) or (ff), unless after giving effect to such payment, the Total Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis would be equal to or less than 6.00 to 1.00.

SECTION 6.07. Transactions with Affiliates .

(a) Sell or transfer any property or assets to, or purchase or acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transaction with, any of its Affiliates or any known direct or indirect holder of 10% or more of any class of Equity Interests of the Borrower in a transaction involving aggregate consideration in excess of $25.0 million, unless such transaction is (i) otherwise required under this Agreement or (ii) upon terms no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a person that is not an Affiliate. For purposes of this Section 6.07, any transaction with any Affiliate or any such 10% holder shall be deemed to have satisfied the standard set forth in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence if such transaction is approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors of Holdings or the Borrower.

(b) The foregoing paragraph (a) shall not prohibit, to the extent otherwise permitted under this Agreement:

(i) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, equity purchase agreements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the Board of Directors of Holdings or the Borrower;

 

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(ii) loans or advances to employees or consultants of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 6.04(e);

(iii) transactions among the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any entity that becomes a Subsidiary as a result of such transaction (including via merger, consolidation or amalgamation in which the Borrower or Subsidiary is the surviving entity);

(iv) the payment of fees, reasonable out-of-pocket costs and indemnities to directors, officers, consultants and employees of any Parent Entity, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business (limited, in the case of any Parent Entity, to the portion of such fees and expenses that are allocable to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries);

(v) the Transactions, any transactions pursuant to the Transaction Documents and permitted transactions, agreements and arrangements in existence on the Escrow Release Date and, to the extent involving aggregate consideration in excess of $15.0 million, set forth on Schedule 6.07 or any amendment thereto or replacement thereof or similar arrangement to the extent such amendment, replacement or arrangement is not adverse to the Lenders when taken as a whole in any material respect (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) and other transactions, agreements and arrangements described on Schedule 6.07 , and any amendment thereto or replacement thereof or similar transactions, agreements or arrangements entered into by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries to the extent such amendment is not adverse to the Lenders when taken as a whole in any material respect (as determined in good faith by the Borrower);

(vi) (A) any employment agreements entered into by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (B) any subscription agreement or similar agreement pertaining to the repurchase of Equity Interests pursuant to put/call rights or similar rights with employees, officers or directors, and (C) any employee compensation, benefit plan or arrangement, any health, disability or similar insurance plan which covers employees, and any reasonable employment contract and transactions pursuant thereto;

(vii) Restricted Payments permitted under Section 6.06, including payments to any Parent Entity;

(viii) payments by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower to any Sponsor made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities, including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures, which payments are approved by the majority of the Board of Directors of the Borrower, or a majority of the Disinterested Directors of the Borrower, in good faith;

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(x) any transaction in respect of which the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent a letter addressed to the Board of Directors of the Borrower from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm, in each case of nationally recognized standing that is in the good faith determination of the Borrower qualified to render such letter which letter states that (i) such transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a person that is not an Affiliate or (ii) such transaction is fair to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, from a financial point of view;

(xi) the payment of all fees, expenses, bonuses and awards related to the Transactions contemplated by the Notes Offering Memorandum, including fees to any Sponsor;

(xii) transactions with joint ventures for the purchase or sale of goods, equipment, products, parts and services entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(xiii) [reserved];

(xiv) any transactions made pursuant to any Operations Management Agreement; provided that the payment of any portion of the management fees under the applicable Management Agreement in respect of the Purchased Properties that are payable to CGP shall be (i) subordinated to all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Loan Obligations and (ii) subject to (A) there not having occurred and being continuing any Event of Default and (B) the substantially simultaneous contribution by CGP of such management fee to Borrower (such contribution a “ Management Fee Contribution ”);

(xv) the issuance, sale or transfer of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to Holdings or any Parent Entity, including in connection with capital contributions by Holdings or a Parent Entity to the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

(xvi) the issuance of Equity Interests to the management of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the Transaction;

(xvii) (1) payments permitted under Section 6.06(b) and (2) entering into, and any transactions pursuant to, a tax sharing agreement consistent with clause (1);

(xviii) transactions pursuant to any Permitted Receivables Financing;

(xix) payments, loans (or cancellation of loans) or advances to employees or consultants that are (i) approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of Holdings or the Borrower in good faith, (ii) made in compliance with applicable law and (iii) otherwise permitted under this Agreement;

(xx) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Agreement that are fair to the Borrower or the Subsidiaries;

 

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(xxi) transactions between the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries and any person, a director of which is also a director of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, provided , however , that (A) such director abstains from voting as a director of the Borrower or such direct or indirect parent company, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other person and (B) such person is not an Affiliate of the Borrower for any reason other than such director’s acting in such capacity;

(xxii) transactions permitted by, and complying with, the provisions of Section 6.04(b), 6.04(h), 6.04(o), 6.04(v), 6.04(y), 6.04(bb), 6.05(b) or 6.06;

(xxiii) transactions undertaken in good faith (in the reasonable opinion of the Borrower) for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries ( provided that such transactions, taken as a whole, are not materially adverse to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries); or

(xxiv) investments by the Sponsors in securities of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower so long as (A) the investment is being offered generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (B) the investment constitutes less than 5.0% of the outstanding issue amount of such class of securities.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, CEC, CAC, CGP and their respective Affiliates (other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) shall not be considered Affiliates of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries with respect to any transaction, so long as the transaction is in the ordinary course of business, pursuant to agreements existing on or after the Closing Date or pursuant to any intellectual property license or related agreement, management agreement or shared services agreement entered into with any of the Borrower and/or the Subsidiaries or, in each case, amendments, modifications or supplements thereto, or replacements thereof, that are not materially adverse to the Borrower or the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (as determined by the Borrower in good faith).

SECTION 6.08. Business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries . Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, engage at any time to any material respect in any business or business activity substantially different from any business or business activity conducted or anticipated to be conducted by any of them on or following the Closing Date or any Similar Business, and in the case of a Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary, Permitted Receivables Financings.

SECTION 6.09. Limitation on Payments and Modifications of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain Other Agreements; etc .

(a) Amend or modify in any manner materially adverse to the Lenders taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), or grant any waiver or release under or terminate in any manner (if such granting or termination shall be materially adverse to the Lenders when taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Borrower)), (x) the articles or certificate of incorporation, by-laws, limited liability company operating agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party or (y) any Operations Management Agreement.

 

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(b) (i) Make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on the loans under any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is expressly subordinate to the Obligations (“ Junior Financing ”), or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination in respect of any Junior Financing except for (A) Refinancings with Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01, (B) payments of regularly scheduled interest and fees due thereunder, other non-accelerated and non-principal payments thereunder, any mandatory prepayments of principal, interest and fees thereunder, scheduled payments thereon necessary to avoid the Junior Financing to constitute “applicable high yield discount obligations” within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code, and payment of principal on the scheduled maturity date of any Junior Financing (or within one year thereof), (C) payments or distributions in respect of all or any portion of the Junior Financing with the proceeds contributed to the Borrower by any Parent Entity from the issuance, sale or exchange by any Parent Entity of Qualified Equity Interests made within eighteen months prior thereto, (D) the conversion of any Junior Financing to Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Parent Entity or (E) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and after giving effect to such payment or distribution the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis shall not be greater than 4.25 to 1.00, payments or distributions in respect of Junior Financings prior to their scheduled maturity made, in an aggregate amount, not to exceed the portion, if any, of the Cumulative Credit on the date of such election that the Borrower elects to apply to this Section 6.09(b)(i)(E), such election to be specified in a written notice of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower calculating in reasonable detail the amount of Cumulative Credit immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be applied; or

(ii) Amend or modify, or permit the amendment or modification of, any provision of Junior Financing that constitutes Material Indebtedness or any agreement, document or instrument evidencing or relating thereto, other than amendments or modifications that (A) are not materially adverse to Lenders when taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and that do not affect the subordination or payment provisions thereof (if any) in a manner adverse to the Lenders when taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) or (B) otherwise comply with the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness.”

(c) Permit any Material Subsidiary to enter into any agreement or instrument that by its terms restricts (i) the payment of dividends or distributions or the making of cash advances to the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary or (ii) the granting of Liens by the Borrower or such Material Subsidiary pursuant to the Security Documents, in each case other than those arising under any Loan Document, except, in each case, restrictions existing by reason of:

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(B) contractual encumbrances or restrictions (x) in effect on the Closing Date under Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.01 or the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes, or (y) in any Refinancing Notes, any First Lien Notes or any agreements related to any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any such Indebtedness that, in each case, do not materially expand the scope of any such encumbrance or restriction (as determined in good faith by the Borrower);

(C) any restriction on a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of the Equity Interests or assets of a Subsidiary;

(D) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(E) any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the specific property or assets securing such Indebtedness and not all or substantially all assets;

(F) any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Sections 6.01 or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, to the extent such restrictions are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than the restrictions contained in this Agreement (as determined in good faith by the Borrower);

(G) customary provisions contained in leases or licenses of intellectual property and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(H) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest;

(I) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(J) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of any asset permitted under Section 6.05 pending the consummation of such sale, transfer, lease or other disposition;

(K) customary restrictions and conditions contained in the document relating to any Lien, so long as (1) such Lien is a Permitted Lien and such restrictions or conditions relate only to the specific asset subject to such Lien and (2) such restrictions and conditions are not created for the purpose of avoiding the restrictions imposed by this Section 6.09;

(L) customary net worth provisions contained in Real Property leases entered into by Subsidiaries of the Borrower, so long as the Borrower has determined in good faith that such net worth provisions would not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to meet their ongoing obligations;

 

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(M) any agreement in effect at the time such subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such person becoming a Subsidiary;

(N) restrictions in agreements representing Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01 of a Subsidiary of any Borrower that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party;

(O) customary restrictions on leases, subleases, licenses or Equity Interests or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted hereby as long as such restrictions relate to the Equity Interests and assets subject thereto;

(P) restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(Q) restrictions contained in any Permitted Receivables Document with respect to any Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary;

(R) restrictions contained in any agreements related to a Project Financing or Qualified Non-Recourse Debt; or

(S) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in Sections 6.09(c)(i) and 6.09(c)(ii) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of or similar arrangements or the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (A) through (R) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings or similar arrangements are, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, no more restrictive with respect to such dividend, other payment and Lien restrictions than those contained in the dividend, other payment and Lien restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing or similar arrangements.

SECTION 6.10. Senior Secured Leverage Ratio . Permit the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio on the last day of any fiscal quarter (beginning with the fiscal quarter ended on the last day of the first full fiscal quarter after the Escrow Release Date, but excluding any fiscal quarter the last day of which occurs during a Covenant Suspension Period) to exceed 6.00 to 1.00.

SECTION 6.11. No Other “Designated Senior Debt” . Designate, or permit the designation of, any Indebtedness as “Designated Senior Debt” or any other similar term for the purpose of the definition of the same or the subordination provisions contained in any indenture governing any senior subordinated notes permitted to be incurred hereunder that constitute Material Indebtedness other than (a) the Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof and (c) any series of First Lien Notes or Refinancing Notes constituting Other First Lien Obligations.

SECTION 6.12. Fiscal Year . In the case of the Borrower, permit its fiscal year to end on any date other than December 31 without prior notice to the Administrative Agent.

 

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ARTICLE VIA

Holdings Negative Covenants

Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO of the Borrower) hereby covenants and agrees with each Lender that, from and after the Closing Date and until the Termination Date, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, (a) Holdings will not create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any of the Equity Interests issued by the Borrower held by Holdings other than (i) Liens created under the Loan Documents and (ii) Liens not prohibited by Section 6.02 and (b) Holdings shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence; provided , that so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, Holdings may merge with any other person (and if it is not the survivor of such merger, the survivor shall assume Holdings’ obligations, as applicable, under the Loan Documents).

ARTICLE VII

Events of Default

SECTION 7.01. Events of Default . In case of the happening of any of the following events (each, an “ Event of Default ”):

(a) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document or any certificate or document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect when so made or deemed made;

(b) default shall be made in the payment of any principal of any Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or by acceleration thereof or otherwise;

(c) default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Loan or the reimbursement with respect to any L/C Obligation or in the payment of any Fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (b) above) due under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of five Business Days;

(d) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by the Borrower of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 4.03, 5.01(a) (with respect to the Borrower), 5.05(a), 5.08 or in Article VI or in the “Market Flex” provisions of the Agent Fee Letter;

(e) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO of the Borrower) of Article VIA or by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) above) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days (or 60 days if such default results solely from a failure of a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to duly observe or perform any such covenant, condition or agreement) after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower;

 

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(f) (i) any event or condition occurs that (A) results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or (B) enables or permits (with all applicable grace periods having expired) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; or (ii) the Borrower or any of the Material Subsidiaries shall fail to pay the principal of any Material Indebtedness at the stated final maturity thereof; provided that this clause (f) shall not apply to (i) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness or (ii) prior to the Escrow Release Date, Indebtedness in respect of the Second Priority Senior Secured Notes or Indebtedness under the Interim Loan Facility;

(g) there shall have occurred a Change in Control;

(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief in respect of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, or of a substantial part of the property or assets of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of the property or assets the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or (iii) the winding-up or liquidation of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary (other than as permitted hereunder); and such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

(i) the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or the filing of any petition described in paragraph (h) above, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of the property or assets of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) become unable or admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

(j) the failure by the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary to pay one or more final judgments aggregating in excess of $75.0 million (to the extent not covered by insurance), which judgments are not discharged or effectively waived or stayed for a period of 45 consecutive days, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to levy upon assets or properties the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;

 

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(k) (i) a trustee shall be appointed by a United States district court to administer any Plan, (ii) an ERISA Event or ERISA Events shall have occurred with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, (iii) the PBGC shall institute proceedings (including giving notice of intent thereof) to terminate any Plan or Plans, (iv) Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or is being terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA or (v) Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall engage in any “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan that would subject Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary to tax; and in each case in clauses (i) through (v) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(l) (i) any material provision of any Loan Document shall for any reason be asserted in writing by Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO of the Borrower), the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party not to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of any party thereto, (ii) any security interest purported to be created by any Security Document and to extend to assets that constitute a material portion of the Collateral shall cease to be, or shall be asserted in writing by any Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected security interest (perfected as or having the priority required by this Agreement or the relevant Security Document and subject to such limitations and restrictions as are set forth herein and therein), except to the extent that any such loss of perfection or priority results from the limitations of foreign laws, rules and regulations as they apply to pledges of Equity Interests in Foreign Subsidiaries or the application thereof, or except from the failure of the Collateral Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Collateral Agreement and the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement or to file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements or take the actions described on Schedule 3.04 and except to the extent that such loss is covered by a lender’s title insurance policy and the Collateral Agent shall be reasonably satisfied with the credit of such insurer, or (iii) a material portion of the Guarantees by the Subsidiary Loan Parties guaranteeing the Obligations shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms thereof), or shall be asserted in writing by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party not to be in effect or not to be legal, valid and binding obligations (other than in accordance with the terms thereof); provided , that no Event of Default shall occur under this Section 7.01(l) if the Loan Parties cooperate with the Collateral Agent to replace or perfect such security interest and Lien, such security interest and Lien is replaced and the rights, powers and privileges of the Secured Parties are not materially adversely affected by such replacement; or

(m) the occurrence of a License Revocation with respect to a license issued to the Borrower or any Subsidiary by any Gaming Authority with respect to gaming operations at any gaming facility of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that continues for 30 calendar days to the extent that such License Revocation, together with all prior License Revocations that are still in effect, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,

 

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then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in paragraph (h) or (i) above), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, shall, by notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate forthwith the Commitments, (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding and (iii) if the Loans have been declared due and payable pursuant to clause (ii) above, demand Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.05(g); and in any event with respect to the Borrower described in paragraph (h) or (i) above, the Commitments shall automatically terminate, the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall automatically become due and payable and the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have made a demand for Cash Collateral to the full extent permitted under Section 2.05(g), without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding.

SECTION 7.02. Right to Cure . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 7.01, in the event that the Borrower fails (or, but for the operation of this Section 7.02, would fail) to comply with the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenant, during the period from the last day of the applicable fiscal quarter until the expiration of the 10th Business Day subsequent to the date the certificate calculating such Financial Performance Covenant is required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(c), any Parent Entity and/or the Borrower shall have the right to issue Permitted Cure Securities for cash or otherwise receive cash contributions to the capital of Holdings, any Parent Entity and/or the Borrower (and, with respect to any Parent Entity, in each case, to contribute any such cash to the capital of the Borrower) (collectively, the “ Cure Right ”), and upon the receipt by the Borrower of such cash (the “ Cure Amount ”) pursuant to the exercise by Holdings, any Parent Entity and/or the Borrower of such Cure Right such Financial Performance Covenant shall be recalculated giving effect to a pro forma adjustment by which EBITDA shall be increased with respect to such applicable quarter and any four-quarter period that contains such quarter, solely for the purpose of measuring the Financial Performance Covenant and not for any other purpose under this Agreement, by an amount equal to the Cure Amount; provided , that, (i) in each four-fiscal-quarter period there shall be at least one fiscal quarter in which the Cure Right is not exercised, (ii) in each eight-fiscal-quarter period there shall be no more than six fiscal quarters in which the Cure Right is exercised, (iii) for purposes of this Section 7.02, the Cure Amount shall be no greater than the amount required for purposes of complying with the Financial Performance Covenant and (iv) there shall be no pro forma reduction in Indebtedness with the proceeds of the exercise of the Cure Right for determining compliance with the Financial Performance Covenant for the fiscal quarter in respect of which such Cure Right is exercised (either directly through

 

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prepayment or indirectly as a result of the netting of unrestricted cash) (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, for future periods). If, after giving effect to the adjustments in this paragraph, the Borrower shall then be in compliance with the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenant, the Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenant as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or default of the Financial Performance Covenant that had occurred shall be deemed cured for this purposes of the Agreement.

ARTICLE VIII

The Agents

SECTION 8.01. Appointment .

(a) Each Lender (in its capacities as a Lender and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Swap Agreements) and each L/C Issuer (in such capacities and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Swap Agreements) hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.

(b) The Administrative Agent, each Lender (in its capacities as a Lender and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Swap Agreements) and each L/C Issuer (in such capacities and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Swap Agreements) hereby irrevocably designate and appoint the Collateral Agent as the agent with respect to the Collateral, and each of the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each L/C Issuer irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or any L/C Issuers, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent.

 

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SECTION 8.02. Delegation of Duties . The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may each execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.

SECTION 8.03. Exculpatory Provisions . Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent, nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except for its or such person’s own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct) or (b) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by such Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Loan Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party.

SECTION 8.04. Reliance by Agents . The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or instruction believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper person or persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the Lender specified in the Register with respect to any amount owing hereunder as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans.

SECTION 8.05. Notice of Default . Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent has received written notice from a Lender, Holdings or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing

 

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such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, it shall give notice thereof to the Lenders and the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders, provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders except to the extent that this Agreement requires that such action be taken only with the approval of the Required Lenders or each of the Lenders, as applicable.

SECTION 8.06. Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Other Lenders . Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of any Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent to any Lender or any L/C Issuer. Each Lender and each L/C Issuer represents to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, assets, operations, properties, financial condition, prospects or creditworthiness of any Loan Party that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates.

SECTION 8.07. Indemnification . The Lenders agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, each in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed Holdings or by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of Holdings or the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective portions of the total Term Loans and Revolving Facility Commitments (or, if the Revolving Facility Commitments shall have terminated, in accordance the Revolving Facility Commitments in effect immediately prior to such termination) held on the date on which indemnification is sought, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (including at any time following the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Commitments, this

 

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Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing, provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Administrative Agent’s or the Collateral Agent’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The agreements in this Section 8.07 shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

SECTION 8.08. Agents in their Individual Capacity . The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and their Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party as though such persons were not the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall each have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent in their individual capacities.

SECTION 8.09. Successor Agents . Each of the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, subject to the reasonable consent of the Borrower so long as no Event of Default under Section 7.01(h) or (i) is continuing, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that if the retiring Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except in the case of the Collateral Agent holding collateral security on behalf of any Secured Parties, the retiring Collateral Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security as nominee until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through such Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the L/C Issuer directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by the Borrower (following the effectiveness of such appointment) to such Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan

 

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Documents, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Agent was acting as an Agent.

Any resignation by Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as L/C Issuer. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer, (b) the retiring L/C Issuer shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.

SECTION 8.10. Payments Set Aside . To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender and the L/C Issuer severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, in the applicable currency of such recovery or payment. The obligations of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 8.11. Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim . In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise

(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent and their

 

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respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent under Article II or Section 9.05) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

(ii) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and the L/C Issuer to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, if the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Article II and Section 9.05.

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or the L/C Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or the L/C Issuer to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or the L/C Issuer or in any such proceeding.

SECTION 8.12. Collateral and Guaranty Matters . The Lenders and the L/C Issuer irrevocably authorize the Collateral Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document if approved, authorized or ratified in writing in accordance with Section 9.08, or pursuant to Section 5.11 or Section 9.18. Upon request by the Collateral Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Collateral Agent’s authority to release its interest in particular types or items of property in accordance with this Section.

SECTION 8.13. Arrangers . None of the Co-Lead Arrangers shall have any duties or responsibilities hereunder in its capacity as such.

SECTION 8.14. First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and Collateral Matters . The Lenders hereby agree to the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and acknowledge that, if any Other First Lien Obligations are incurred after the Closing Date, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch (and any successor Collateral Agent under the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement) will be serving as Collateral Agent for both the Secured Parties and the other First Lien Secured Parties under the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Each Lender hereby consents to Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch and any successor serving in such capacity and agrees not to assert any claim (including as a result of any conflict of interest) against Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, or any such successor, arising from the role of the Collateral Agent under the Security Documents or the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement so long as the Collateral Agent is either acting in accordance with the express terms of such documents or otherwise has not engaged in gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The Borrower and each Lender hereby agrees that the resignation provisions set forth in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement with respect to the Collateral Agent shall supersede any provision of this Agreement to the contrary. In

 

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addition, the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent shall be authorized from time to time, without the consent of any Lender, to execute or to enter into amendments of, and amendments and restatements of, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or any additional and replacement intercreditor agreements, in each case in order to effect the pari passu treatment or the subordination of and to provide for certain additional rights, obligations and limitations in respect of, any Liens required or permitted by the terms of this Agreement to be Liens pari passu with or junior to the Obligations, that are, in each case, incurred in accordance with Article VI of this Agreement, and to establish certain relative rights as between the holders of the Obligations and the holders of the Indebtedness secured by such Liens.

SECTION 8.15. Withholding Tax . To the extent required by any applicable laws, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. Without limiting or expanding the provisions of Section 2.17, each Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent against, and shall make payable in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent by the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority as a result of the failure of the Administrative Agent to properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of such Lender for any reason (including, without limitation, because the appropriate form was not delivered or not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective). A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due the Administrative Agent under this Section 8.15. The agreements in this Section 8.15 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Lender” shall, for purposes of this Section 8.15, include any L/C Issuer.

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

SECTION 9.01. Notices; Communications .

(a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in Section 9.01(b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile or electronic email as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

(i) if to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such person on Schedule 9.01 ; and

(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.

 

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(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II if such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. Any of the Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

(c) Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received. Notices sent by electronic means shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices or communications (i) sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received when delivered and (ii) posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefore.

(d) Any party hereto may change its address or facsimile number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, facsimile number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender.

(e) Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04 (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically (including as set forth in Section 9.17) and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website(s) on the Internet at the website(s) address listed on Schedule 9.01 , or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided , that (A) the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender that requests the Borrower to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, and (B) the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (by facsimile or electronic

 

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mail) of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions ( i.e. , soft copies) of such documents. Except for certificates required by Section 5.04(c), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

SECTION 9.02. Survival of Agreement . All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties herein, in the other Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Lenders and each L/C Issuer and shall survive the making by the Lenders of the Loans, the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the issuance of the Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by such persons or on their behalf, and shall continue in full force and effect until the Termination Date. Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreements contained herein, indemnification and reimbursement obligations contained herein (including pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.17, 8.07 and 9.05) shall survive the Termination Date.

SECTION 9.03. Binding Effect . This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received copies hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Holdings, the Borrower, each L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Lender and their respective permitted successors and assigns.

SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns .

(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any affiliate of the L/C Issuer that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) except in connection with the addition of one or more Domestic Subsidiaries as a joint and several co-borrower hereunder and in connection with transactions permitted by Section 6.05(b), and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 9.04. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the L/C Issuer that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in clause (c) of this Section 9.04), and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agents, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

 

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(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in clause (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (each, an “ Assignee ”) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:

(A) the Borrower, which consent, with respect to the assignment of a Term Loan, will be deemed to have been given if the Borrower has not responded within ten (10) Business Days after the delivery of any request for such consent; provided , that no consent of the Borrower shall be required (i) for an assignment of a Term Loan to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, (ii) for an assignment of a Revolving Facility Commitment to a Revolving Facility Lender, an affiliate of a Revolving Facility Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to a Revolving Facility Lender, (iii) in the case of assignments during the primary syndication of the Commitments and Loans, for an assignment to persons identified to and agreed by the Borrower in writing prior to the Closing Date or (iv) if an Event of Default under Section 7.01(b), (c), (h) or (i) has occurred and is continuing;

(B) the Administrative Agent; provided , that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; and

(C) the L/C Issuer; provided , that no consent of the L/C Issuer shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan.

(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitments or Loans under any Facility, the amount of the Commitments or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than (x) $1.0 million in the case of Term Loans (and shall be in an amount of an integral multiple thereof) and (y) $5.0 million in the case of Revolving Facility Loans or Revolving Facility Commitments, unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent; provided , that (1) no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under Section 7.01(b), (c), (h) or (i) has occurred and is continuing and (2) such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds (with simultaneous assignments to or by two or more Related Funds shall be treated as one assignment), if any;

(B) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance via an electronic settlement system acceptable to the Administrative Agent (or, if previously agreed by the Administrative Agent, manually), and shall pay to the Administrative Agent a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (which fee may be waived or reduced in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent);

 

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(C) the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire and any tax forms required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.17; and

(D) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned.

For the purposes of this Section 9.04, “ Approved Fund ” shall mean any person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) below, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.05). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with clause (c) of this Section 9.04.

(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amount (and related interest amounts) of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the L/C Issuer and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee, the Assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), all applicable tax forms, the processing and recordation fee referred to in clause (b) of this Section 9.04 and any written consent to such assignment required by clause (b) of this Section 9.04, the Administrative Agent promptly shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment, whether or not evidenced by a promissory note, shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this clause (b)(v).

 

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(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “ Participant ”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided , that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided , that (x) such agreement may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that (1) requires the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (vi) of the first proviso to Section 9.08(b) and (2) directly affects such Participant and (y) no other agreement with respect to amendment, modification or waiver may exist between such Lender and such Participant. Subject to Section 9.04(c)(ii), the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 (subject to the limitations and requirements of those Sections and to the extent such Participant complies with Sections 2.17(e), (f), (g) and (i) as though it were a Lender, and it being understood that the documentation required under Sections 2.17(e), (f), (g) and (i) shall be delivered solely to the participating Lender) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 9.04. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.06 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.18(c) as though it were a Lender.

(ii) Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal and interest amount of each Participant’s interest in the Loans held by it (the “ Participant Register ”). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive, and such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of the participation in question for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary; provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of a Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans or other Obligations under any Loan Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan or other Obligation is in registered form for U.S. federal income tax purposes or such disclosure is otherwise required by applicable law.

(iii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld),

 

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which consent shall state that it is being given pursuant to this Section 9.04(c)(iii); provided that each potential Participant shall provide such information as is reasonably requested by the Borrower in order for the Borrower to determine whether to provide their consent.

(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank and in the case of any Lender that is an Approved Fund, any pledge or assignment to any holders of obligations owed, or securities issued, by such Lender, including to any trustee for, or any other representative of, such holders, and this Section 9.04 shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided , that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or Assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(e) The Borrower, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to issue Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions of the type described in paragraph (d) above.

(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign any or all of the Loans it may have funded hereunder to its designating Lender without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent. The Borrower, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute against a Conduit Lender or join any other person in instituting against a Conduit Lender any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by such Conduit Lender; provided , however , that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other party hereto and each Loan Party for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability to institute such a proceeding against such Conduit Lender during such period of forbearance.

(g) If the Borrower wishes to replace the Loans or Commitments under any Facility with ones having different terms, it shall have the option, with the consent of the Administrative Agent and subject to at least three Business Days’ advance notice to the Lenders under such Facility, instead of prepaying the Loans or reducing or terminating the Commitments to be replaced, to (i) require the Lenders under such Facility to assign such Loans or Commitments to the Administrative Agent or its designees and (ii) amend the terms thereof in accordance with Section 9.08 (with such replacement, if applicable, being deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 9.08(d)). Pursuant to any such assignment, all Loans and Commitments to be replaced shall be purchased at par (allocated among the Lenders under such Facility in the same manner as would be required if such Loans were being optionally prepaid or such Commitments were being optionally reduced or terminated by the Borrower), accompanied by payment of any accrued interest and fees thereon and any amounts owing pursuant to Section 9.05(b). By receiving such purchase price, the Lenders under such Facility shall automatically be deemed to have assigned the Loans or Commitments under such Facility pursuant to the terms of the form of Assignment and Acceptance attached hereto as Exhibit A , and accordingly no other action by such Lenders shall be required in connection therewith. The provisions of this paragraph (g) are intended to facilitate the maintenance of the perfection and priority of existing security interests in the Collateral during any such replacement.

 

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(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no assignment may be made or participations sold to (x) an Ineligible Institution, (y) any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing persons described in this clause (h), or (z) a natural person; provided , however , that, notwithstanding clause (x) above, participations may be sold to Ineligible Institutions unless a list of Ineligible Institutions has been made available to all Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (1) the rights of the Lenders to make assignments and grant participations shall be subject to the approval of any Gaming Authority, to the extent required by applicable Gaming Laws and (2) each Loan Party and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Administrative Agent shall not have any responsibility or obligation to determine whether any Lender or potential Lender is an Ineligible Institution and the Administrative Agent shall have no liabilities with respect to any assignment or participations made to an Ineligible Institution. Any assigning Lender shall, in connection with any potential assignment, provide to the Borrower a copy of its request (including the name of the prospective assignee) concurrently with its delivery of the same request to the Administrative Agent irrespective of whether or not an Event of Default under Section 7.01(b), (c), (h) or (i) has occurred and is continuing.

(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein (including in Section 2.08, Section 2.11(a) or Section 2.18(c) (which provisions shall not be applicable to clauses (i) or (j) of this Section 9.04)), any of Holdings or its Subsidiaries, including the Borrower, may purchase by way of assignment and become an Assignee with respect to Term Loans (other than any such Loans held by an Affiliate Lender) at any time and from time to time from Lenders in accordance with Section 9.04(b) hereof (“ Permitted Loan Purchases ”); provided that (A) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the Permitted Loan Purchase, (B) upon consummation of any such Permitted Loan Purchase, the Loans purchased or terminated pursuant thereto shall be deemed to be automatically and immediately cancelled and extinguished in accordance with Section 9.04(j) and (C) in connection with any such Permitted Loan Purchase, the applicable Assignee and such Lender that is the Assignor shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance (and for the avoidance of doubt, (x) shall make the representations and warranties set forth in the Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance and (y) shall not be required to execute and deliver an Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to Section 9.04(b)(ii)(B)) and shall otherwise comply with the conditions to Assignments under this Section 9.04.

(j) Each Permitted Loan Purchase shall, for purposes of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 2.08(b)) be deemed to be an automatic and immediate cancellation and extinguishment of such Term Loans and the Borrower shall, upon consummation of any Permitted Loan Purchase, notify the Administrative Agent that the Register be updated to record such event as if it were a prepayment of such Loans.

 

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SECTION 9.05. Expenses; Indemnity .

(a) The Borrower agrees to pay (i) all reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses (including Other Taxes) incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Co-Lead Arrangers in connection with the preparation of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or in connection with the administration of this Agreement and any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Co-Lead Arrangers, and, if necessary, the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one local counsel per jurisdiction, and (ii) all out-of-pocket expenses (including Other Taxes) incurred by the Agents, the L/C Issuers or any Lender in connection with the enforcement or protection of their rights in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, in connection with the Loans made or the Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Agents and the Lenders (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Agents and the Co-Lead Arrangers, and, if necessary, the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one local counsel per jurisdiction and, in the event of any conflict of interest, such additional counsel for each of the Lenders retained with the consent of the Borrower to the extent of such conflict of interests).

(b) The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Agents, the Co-Lead Arrangers, each L/C Issuer, each Lender, each of their respective Affiliates and each of their respective directors, partners, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors (each such person being called an “ Indemnitee ”) against, and to hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, charges and disbursements (limited to not more than one counsel, plus, if necessary, one local counsel per jurisdiction) (except the allocated costs of in-house counsel), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto and thereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of or otherwise relating to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) the use of the proceeds of the Loans or the use of any Letter of Credit or (iii) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto and regardless of whether such matter is initiated by a third party or by the Borrower or any of their subsidiaries or Affiliates; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from (1) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee (for purposes this proviso only, each of the Administrative Agent, any Co-Lead Arranger, any L/C Issuer or any Lender shall be treated as several and separate Indemnitees, but each of them together with its respective Related Parties (other than advisors), shall be treated as a single Indemnitee) or (2) any material breach of any Loan Document by such Indemnitee or (z) arose from any claim, actions, suits, inquiries, litigation, investigation or proceeding that does not involve an act or omission of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates and is brought by an Indemnitee against another Indemnitee (other than any claim, actions, suits, inquiries, litigation, investigation or proceeding against any Agent or a Co-Lead Arranger in its capacity as such).

 

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Subject to and without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the Borrower agrees to indemnify each Indemnitee against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel or consultant fees, charges and disbursements (limited to not more than one counsel, plus, if necessary, one local counsel per jurisdiction) (except the allocated costs of in-house counsel), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (A) any claim or liability related in any way to Environmental Laws and the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or (B) any actual or alleged presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials at, under, on, from or to any Real Property; provided , that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from (1) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or any of its Related Parties (other than advisors) or (2) any material breach of any Loan Document by such Indemnitee. None of the Indemnitees (or any of their respective affiliates) shall be responsible or liable to the Sponsors, the Borrower or any of their respective subsidiaries, Affiliates or stockholders or any other person or entity for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, which may be alleged as a result of the Facilities or the Transactions. The provisions of this Section 9.05 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the expiration of the term of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, any Co-Lead Arranger, any L/C Issuer or any Lender. All amounts due under this Section 9.05 shall be payable within fifteen (15) days of written demand therefor accompanied by reasonable documentation with respect to any reimbursement, indemnification or other amount requested.

(c) Except as expressly provided in Section 9.05(a) with respect to Other Taxes, which shall not be duplicative of any amounts paid pursuant to Section 2.17, this Section 9.05 shall not apply to Taxes, except Taxes that represent damages or losses resulting from a non-Tax claim.

(d) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waive, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

(e) The agreements in this Section 9.05 shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 9.06. Right of Set-off . If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each L/C Issuer is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender or such L/C Issuer to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document held by such Lender or such L/C Issuer, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or such L/C Issuer shall have made any demand under this Agreement or such other Loan Document and although the obligations may be unmatured; provided , that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.22 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender and each L/C Issuer under this Section 9.06 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set-off) that such Lender or such L/C Issuer may have.

SECTION 9.07. Applicable Law . THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 9.08. Waivers; Amendment .

(a) No failure or delay of the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by clause (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on any Loan Party in any case shall entitle such person to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

(b) Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except (x) as provided in Section 2.21, (y) in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO of the Borrower), the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (and consented to by the Required Lenders or, in respect of any waiver, amendment or modification of Section 4.01 after the Closing Date, consented to by the Majority Lenders under

 

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the Revolving Facility voting as a single Class, rather than the Required Lenders) and (z) in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by each party thereto and consented to by the Required Lenders; provided , however , that no such agreement shall:

(i) decrease or forgive the principal amount of, or extend the final maturity of, or decrease the rate of interest on, any Loan or any L/C Obligation, or extend the stated expiration of any Letter of Credit beyond the applicable Revolving Facility Maturity Date (except as provided in Section 2.05(b)), without the prior written consent of each Lender directly adversely affected thereby (which, notwithstanding the foregoing, such consent of such Lender directly adversely affected thereby shall be the only consent required hereunder to make such modification); provided , that any amendment to the financial covenant definitions in this Agreement shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest for purposes of this clause (i),

(ii) increase or extend the Commitment of any Lender or decrease the Commitment Fees or L/C Participation Fees or other fees of any Lender without the prior written consent of such Lender (which, notwithstanding the foregoing, such consent of such Lender shall be the only consent required hereunder to make such modification); provided , that waivers or modifications of conditions precedent, covenants, Defaults or Events of Default shall not constitute an increase of the Commitments of any Lender,

(iii) extend or waive any Term Loan Installment Date or reduce the amount due on any Term Loan Installment Date or extend any date on which payment of interest on any Loan or any L/C Obligation or any Fees is due, without the prior written consent of each Lender directly adversely affected thereby (which, notwithstanding the foregoing, such consent of such Lender directly adversely affected thereby shall be the only consent required hereunder to make such modification),

(iv) amend the provisions of Section 5.02 of the Collateral Agreement, or any analogous provision of any other Security Document, in a manner that would by its terms alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the prior written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby (which, notwithstanding the foregoing, such consent of such Lender directly adversely affected thereby shall be the only consent required hereunder to make such modification),

(v) amend or modify the provisions of this Section 9.08 or the definition of the terms “Required Lenders,” “Majority Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the prior written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby (it being understood that, with the consent of the Required Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement may be included in the determination of the Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the Loans and Commitments are included on the Closing Date),

 

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(vi) release all or substantially all the Collateral or release all or substantially all of the Subsidiary Loan Parties from their respective Guarantees under the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, unless, in the case of a Loan Party (other than the Borrower), all or substantially all of the Equity Interests of such Loan Party is sold or otherwise disposed of in a transaction permitted by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or such release is otherwise pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Agreement or the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, as applicable, without the prior written consent of each Lender;

(vii) effect any waiver, amendment or modification that by its terms adversely affects the rights in respect of payments or collateral of Lenders participating in any Facility differently from those of Lender participating in another Facility, without the consent of the Majority Lenders participating in the adversely affected Facility (it being agreed that the Required Lenders may waive, in whole or in part, any prepayment or Commitment reduction required by Section 2.11);

provided , further , that no such amendment shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer acting as such at the effective date of such amendment, as applicable. Each Lender shall be bound by any waiver, amendment or modification authorized by this Section 9.08 and any consent by any Lender pursuant to this Section 9.08 shall bind any successor or assignee of such Lender.

(c) Without the consent of any Lender or L/C Issuer, the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may (in their respective sole discretion, or shall, to the extent required by any Loan Document) enter into any amendment, modification or waiver of any Loan Document, or enter into any new agreement or instrument, to effect the granting, perfection, protection, expansion or enhancement of any security interest in any Collateral or additional property to become Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties, or as required by local law to give effect to, or protect any security interest for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in any property or so that the security interests therein comply with applicable law or this Agreement or in each case to otherwise enhance the rights or benefits of any Lender under any Loan Document.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent, Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO of the Borrower) and the Borrower (a) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Term Loans and the Revolving Facility Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the requisite lenders required hereunder, including the Required Lenders and the Majority Lenders under any applicable Facility.

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Agent (but without the consent of any Lender) to the extent necessary (A) to integrate any Incremental Term Loan Commitments or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments in a manner consistent with Section 2.21, including, with respect to Other Revolving Loans or Other Term Loans, as may be necessary to establish such Incremental Term Loan Commitments or Revolving Facility Loans, as a separate Class or tranche from the existing Term Loan Commitments or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, as applicable or (B) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, in the case of this clause (B) to the extent not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders within five Business Days following receipt of notice thereof.

(f) Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that the Administrative Agent may take any and all action as may be necessary to ensure that all Term Loans established pursuant to Section 2.21 after the Closing Date that will be included in an existing Class of Term Loans outstanding on such date (an “ Applicable Date ”), when originally made, are included in each Borrowing of outstanding Term Loans of such Class (the “ Existing Class Loans ”), on a pro rata basis, and/or to ensure that, immediately after giving effect to such new Term Loans (the “ New Class Loans ” and, together with the Existing Class Loans, the “ Class Loans ”), each Lender holding Class Loans will be deemed to hold its Pro Rata Share of each Class Loan on the Applicable Date (but without changing the amount of any such Lender’s Term Loans), and each such Lender shall be deemed to have effectuated such assignments as shall be required to ensure the foregoing. The “ Pro Rata Share ” of any Lender on the Applicable Date is the ratio of (1) the sum of such Lender’s Existing Class Loans immediately prior to the Applicable Date plus the amount of New Class Loans made by such Lender on the Applicable Date over (2) the aggregate principal amount of all Class Loans on the Applicable Date.

(g) With respect to the incurrence of any secured or unsecured Indebtedness (including any intercreditor agreement relating thereto), the Borrower may elect (in its discretion, but shall not be obligated) to deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer at least three Business Days prior to the incurrence thereof (or such shorter time as the Administrative Agent may agree), together with either drafts of the material documentation relating to such Indebtedness or a description of such Indebtedness (including a description of the Liens intended to secure the same or the subordination provisions thereof, as applicable) in reasonably sufficient detail to be able to make the determinations referred to in this paragraph, which certificate shall either, at the Borrower’s election, (x) state that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such Indebtedness satisfies the requirements of the applicable provisions of Section 6.01 and 6.02 (taking into account any other applicable provisions of this Section 9.08), in which case such certificate shall be conclusive evidence thereof, or (y) request the Administrative Agent to confirm, based on the information set forth in such certificate and any other information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, that such Indebtedness satisfies such requirements, in which case the Administrative Agent may determine whether, in its reasonable judgment, such requirements have been satisfied (in which case it shall deliver to the Borrower a written confirmation of the same), with any such determination of the Administrative Agent to be conclusive evidence thereof, and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to make such determinations.

(h) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended pursuant to a written instrument or instruments executed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the direction of the Administrative Agent (and without the consent of any person other than the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, including any Lender) in order to implement the provisions of the Agent Fee Letter under “Market Flex” (and subject to the limitations therein).

 

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SECTION 9.09. Interest Rate Limitation . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the applicable interest rate, together with all fees and charges that are treated as interest under applicable law (collectively, the “ Charges ”), as provided for herein or in any other document executed in connection herewith, or otherwise contracted for, charged, received, taken or reserved by any Lender or any L/C Issuer, shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “ Maximum Rate ”) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by such Lender in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable hereunder, together with all Charges payable to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate; provided , that such excess amount shall be paid to such Lender or such L/C Issuer on subsequent payment dates to the extent not exceeding the legal limitation.

SECTION 9.10. Entire Agreement . This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the agreements regarding certain Fees referred to herein constitute the entire contract between the parties relative to the subject matter hereof. Any previous agreement among or representations from the parties or their Affiliates with respect to the subject matter hereof is superseded by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Nothing in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto and thereto any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

SECTION 9.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.11.

SECTION 9.12. Severability . In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

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SECTION 9.13. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 9.03. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Agreement by facsimile transmission (or other electronic transmission pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed original.

SECTION 9.14. Headings . Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

SECTION 9.15. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process .

(a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City, and any appellate court from any thereof (collectively, “ New York Courts ”), in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that any party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in the courts of any jurisdiction, except that each of the Loan Parties agrees that (a) it will not bring any such action or proceeding in any court other than New York Courts (it being acknowledged and agreed by the parties hereto that any other forum would be inconvenient and inappropriate in view of the fact that more of the Lenders who would be affected by any such action or proceeding have contacts with the State of New York than any other jurisdiction), and (b) in any such action or proceeding brought against any Loan Party in any other court, it will not assert any cross-claim, counterclaim or setoff, or seek any other affirmative relief, except to the extent that the failure to assert the same will preclude such Loan Party from asserting or seeking the same in the New York Courts.

(b) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any New York State or federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

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SECTION 9.16. Confidentiality . Each of the Lenders, each L/C Issuer and each of the Agents agrees that it shall maintain in confidence any information relating to Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower and any Subsidiary furnished to it by or on behalf of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than information that (a) has become available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by such party in breach of this Section 9.16, (b) has been independently developed by such Lender, such L/C Issuer or such Agent without violating this Section 9.16 or (c) was or becomes available to such Lender, such L/C Issuer or such Agent from a third party which, to such person’s knowledge, had not breached an obligation of confidentiality to Holdings, any Parent Entity or any Loan Party) and shall not reveal the same other than to its affiliates, directors, trustees, officers, employees and advisors with a need to know or to any person that approves or administers the Loans on behalf of such Lender (so long as each such person shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential), except : (A) to the extent necessary to comply with law or any legal process or the requirements of any Governmental Authority, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or of any securities exchange on which securities of the disclosing party or any Affiliate of the disclosing party are listed or traded, (B) as part of normal reporting or review procedures to, or examinations by, Governmental Authorities or self-regulatory authorities, including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., (C) in order to enforce its rights under any Loan Document in a legal proceeding, (D) to any pledgee under Section 9.04(d) or any other prospective assignee of, or prospective Participant in, any of its rights under this Agreement (so long as such person shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential in accordance with this Section 9.16 or terms substantially similar to this Section), (E) to any direct or indirect contractual counterparty in Swap Agreements or such contractual counterparty’s professional advisor (so long as such contractual counterparty or professional advisor to such contractual counterparty agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 9.16 or terms substantially similar to this Section) and (F) to any rating agency when required by it (it being understood that, prior to any such disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake to preserve the confidentiality of any information relating to the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries received by it from such Lender) or to the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar organization.

SECTION 9.17. Platform; Borrower Materials . The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Co-Lead Arrangers will make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “ Borrower Materials ”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “ Platform ”), and (b) certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities) (each, a “ Public Lender ”). The Borrower hereby agrees that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to identify that portion of the Borrower Materials that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and that (i) all such Borrower Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof, (ii) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Co-Lead Arrangers, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as either publicly available information or not material information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws ( provided , however , that such

 

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Borrower Materials shall be treated as set forth in Section 9.16, to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute information subject to the terms thereof), (iii) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor”; and (iv) the Administrative Agent and the Co-Lead Arrangers shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Investor.”

THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “ Agent Parties ”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided , however , that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).

SECTION 9.18. Release of Liens, Guarantees and Pledges .

(a) The Lenders, the L/C Issuer and other Secured Parties hereby irrevocably agree that the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent by the Loan Parties on any Collateral shall be automatically released: (i) in full upon the occurrence of the Termination Date as set forth in Section 9.18(d) below; (ii) upon the disposition of such Collateral by any Loan Party to a person that is not (and is not required to become) a Loan Party in a transaction not prohibited by this Agreement (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Loan Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), (iii) to the extent that such Collateral comprises property leased to a Loan Party by a person that is not a Loan Party, upon termination or expiration of such lease (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Loan Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), (iv) if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other percentage of the Lenders whose consent may be required in accordance with Section 9.08), (v) to the extent that the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee in accordance with the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement or the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement or clause (b) below (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Loan Party upon its

 

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reasonable request without further inquiry), (vi) as provided in Section 5.11 (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Loan Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), and (vii) as required by the Collateral Agent to effect any disposition of Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents. Any such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those being released) upon (or obligations (other than those being released) of the Loan Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Loan Parties, including the proceeds of any disposition, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral except to the extent otherwise released in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents.

(b) In addition, the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and other Secured Parties hereby irrevocably agree that (i) the Subsidiary Loan Parties shall be released from the Guarantees upon consummation of any transaction not prohibited hereunder resulting in such Subsidiary ceasing to constitute a Subsidiary Loan Party or otherwise becoming an Excluded Subsidiary (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Loan Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry) and (ii) immediately prior to the consummation of a Qualified IPO of the Borrower, the Guarantee incurred by Holdings of the Obligations shall automatically terminate and Holdings shall be released from its obligations under the Loan Documents, shall cease to be a Loan Party and any Liens created by any Loan Documents on any assets or Equity Interests owned by Holdings shall automatically be released (unless, in each case, the Borrower shall elect in its sole discretion that such release of Holdings shall not be effected).

(c) The Lenders, the L/C Issuer and other Secured Parties hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to execute and deliver any instruments, documents, and agreements necessary or desirable to evidence and confirm the release of any Subsidiary Loan Party or Collateral pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.18, all without the further consent or joinder of any Lender. Upon release pursuant to this Section 9.18, any representation, warranty or covenant contained in any Loan Document relating to any such Collateral or Guarantor shall no longer be deemed to be made. In connection with any release hereunder, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall promptly (and the Secured Parties hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to) take such action and execute any such documents as may be reasonably requested by the Borrower and at the Borrower’s expense in connection with the release of any Liens created by any Loan Document in respect of such Subsidiary, property or asset; provided , that the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower containing such certifications as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.

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received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower containing such certifications as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. Any such release of obligations shall be deemed subject to the provision that such obligations shall be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the obligations guaranteed thereby shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. The Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (and their respective representatives) in connection with taking such actions to release security interest in all Collateral and all obligations under the Loan Documents as contemplated by this Section 9.18(d).

(e) Obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Swap Agreement (after giving effect to all netting arrangements relating to such Secured Swap Agreements) shall be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the Security Documents only to the extent that, and for so long as, the other Obligations are so secured and guaranteed. No person shall have any voting rights under any Loan Document solely as a result of the existence of obligations owed to it under any such Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, no release of Collateral or Guarantors effected in the manner permitted by this Agreement shall require the consent of any holder of obligations under Secured Swap Agreements or any Secured Cash Management Agreements.

SECTION 9.19. Judgment Currency . If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “ Judgment Currency ”) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the “ Agreement Currency ”), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower in the Agreement Currency, the Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or the person to whom such obligation was owing against such loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent in such currency, the Administrative Agent agrees to return the amount of any excess to the Borrower (or to any other person who may be entitled thereto under applicable law).

 

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SECTION 9.20. USA PATRIOT Act Notice . Each Lender that is subject to the USA PATRIOT Act and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of each Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Loan Party in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.

SECTION 9.21. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility . In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby, the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the credit facilities provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) are an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Agents, the Co-Lead Arrangers and the Lenders, on the other hand, and the Loan Parties are capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof); (ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction, each Agent, each Co-Lead Arranger and each Lender is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary, for any Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other person; (iii) none of the Agents, any Co-Lead Arranger or any Lender has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Loan Party with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document (irrespective of whether any Agent, any Co-Lead Arranger or any Lender has advised or is currently advising the any Loan Party or their respective Affiliates on other matters) and none of the Agents, any Co-Lead Arranger or any Lender has any obligation to any of the Loan Parties or their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; (iv) the Agents, the Co-Lead Arrangers, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and none of the Agents, any Co-Lead Arranger or any Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (v) the Agents, the Co-Lead Arrangers and the Lenders have not provided and will not provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) and the Loan Parties have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate. The Borrower hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that it may have against the Agents, the Co-Lead Arrangers and the Lenders with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.

SECTION 9.22. Application of Gaming Laws .

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acknowledge that (i) they are subject to the jurisdiction of the Gaming Authorities and Liquor Authorities, in their discretion, for licensing, qualification or findings of suitability or to file or provide other information, and (ii) all rights, remedies and powers in or under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including with respect to the Collateral (including the pledge and delivery of the Pledged Collateral), the Mortgaged Properties and the transportation, ownership and operation of gaming machines and/or facilities are, in each case, subject to the jurisdiction of the Gaming Authorities and Liquor Authorities, and may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provisions of the Gaming Laws and Liquor Laws and only to the extent that required approvals (including prior approvals) are obtained from the relevant Gaming Authorities and Liquor Authorities.

(b) Lenders, Agents and Secured Parties agree to cooperate with all Gaming Authorities and Liquor Authorities in connection with the provision in a timely manner of such documents or other information as may be requested by such Gaming Authorities and Liquor Authorities relating to the Loan or Loan Documents.

(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Lenders acknowledge and agree that if the Borrower receives a notice from any applicable Gaming Authority that any Lender is the subject of a Disqualification (a “ Disqualified Holder ”) (and such Lender is notified by the Borrower in writing of such Disqualification), the Borrower shall, following any available appeal of such determination by such Gaming Authority (unless the rules of the applicable Gaming Authority do not permit such Lender to retain its Loans or Commitments pending appeal of such determination), have the right to (i) cause such Disqualified Holder to transfer and assign, without recourse all of its interests, rights and obligations in its Loans and Commitments or (ii) in the event that (A) the Borrower is unable to assign such Loan after using its best efforts to cause such an assignment and (B) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, prepay such Disqualified Holder’s Loan. Notice to such Disqualified Holder shall be given ten days prior to the required date of assignment or prepayment, as the case may be, and shall be accompanied by evidence demonstrating that such transfer or prepayment is required pursuant to Gaming Laws. If reasonably requested by any Disqualified Holder, the Borrower will use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with any such holder that is seeking to appeal such determination and to afford such holder an opportunity to participate in any proceedings relating thereto. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any prepayment of a Loan shall be at a price that, unless otherwise directed by a Gaming Authority, shall be equal to the sum of the principal amount of such Loan and interest to the date such Lender or holder became a Disqualified Holder (plus any fees and other amounts accrued for the account of such Disqualified Holder to the date such Lender or holder became a Disqualified Holder).

(d) If during the existence of an Event of Default hereunder or any of the other Loan Documents it shall become necessary or, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, advisable for an agent, supervisor, receiver or other representative of the Lenders to become licensed or found suitable or qualified under any Gaming Law as a condition to receiving the benefit of any Collateral encumbered by the Loan Documents or to otherwise enforce the rights of the Agents, Secured Parties and the Lenders under the Loan Documents, the Borrower hereby agrees to consent to the application for such license or qualification and to execute such further documents as may be required in connection with the evidencing of such consent.

 

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SECTION 9.23. Affiliate Lenders .

(a) Each Lender who is an Affiliate of the Borrower (excluding (x) Holdings, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries and (y) any Debt Fund Affiliate Lenders) (each, an “ Affiliate Lender ”; it being understood that (x) neither Holdings, the Borrower nor any of the Subsidiaries may be Affiliate Lenders and (y) Debt Fund Affiliate Lenders and Affiliate Lenders may be lenders in accordance with Section 9.04 subject, in the case of Affiliate Lenders, to this Section 9.23), in connection with any (i) consent (or decision not to consent) to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action with respect to any of the terms of any Loan Document, (ii) other action on any matter related to any Loan Document or (iii) direction to the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to or under any Loan Document, agrees that, except with respect to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action (1) described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of the first proviso of Section 9.08(b) or (2) that adversely affects such Affiliate Lender (in its capacity as a Lender) in a disproportionately adverse manner as compared to other Lenders, such Affiliate Lender shall be deemed to have voted its interest as a Lender without discretion in such proportion as the allocation of voting with respect to such matter by Lenders who are not Affiliate Lenders. Each Affiliate Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent (such appointment being coupled with an interest) as such Affiliate Lender’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such Affiliate Lender and in the name of such Affiliate Lender, from time to time in the Administrative Agent’s discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this clause (a).

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Affiliate Lender shall have any right to (i) attend (including by telephone) any meeting or discussions (or portion thereof) among the Administrative Agent or any Lender to which representatives of the Borrower are not then present, (ii) receive any information or material prepared by Administrative Agent or any Lender or any communication by or among Administrative Agent and/or one or more Lenders, except to the extent such information or materials have been made available to the Borrower or its representatives, (iii) make or bring (or participate in, other than as a passive participant in or recipient of its pro rata benefits of) any claim, in its capacity as a Lender, against Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Lender with respect to any duties or obligations or alleged duties or obligations of such Agent or any other such Lender under the Loan Documents, (iv) purchase any Term Loan if, immediately after giving effect to such purchase, Affiliate Lenders in the aggregate would own Term Loans with an aggregate principal amount in excess of 25% of the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans then outstanding or (v) purchase any Revolving Facility Loans or Revolving Facility Commitments.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first written above.

 

CAESARS GROWTH PROPERTIES PARENT, LLC,
as Holdings
By:  

/s/ Craig Abrahams

  Name:   Craig Abrahams
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
CAESARS GROWTH PROPERTIES HOLDINGS, LLC,
as the Borrower
By:  

/s/ Craig Abrahams

  Name:   Craig Abrahams
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 

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CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,

as Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer and a Lender

By:  

/s/ John D. Toronto

  Name:   John D. Toronto
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
By:  

/s/ Whitney Gaston

  Name:   Whitney Gaston
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

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CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
as an L/C Issuer and a Lender
By:  

/s/ Stuart G. Dickson

  Name:   Stuart G. Dickson
  Title:   Vice President

DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,

as an L/C Issuer and a Lender

By:  

/s/ Mary Kay Coyle

  Name:   Mary Kay Coyle
  Title:   Managing Director
By:  

/s/ Michael Winters

  Name:   Michael Winters
  Title:   Vice President

UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH,

as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Jennifer Anderson

  Name:   Jennifer Anderson
  Title:   Associate Director
By:  

/s/ Houssem Daly

  Name:   Houssem Daly
  Title:   Associate Director

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Brendan Poe

  Name:   Brendan Poe
  Title:   Managing Director

 

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MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,

as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Justin Kotzin

  Name:   Justin Kotzin
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

MIHI LLC,

as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Ayesha Farooqui

  Name:   Ayesha Farooqui
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
By:  

/s/ T. Morgan Edwards II

  Name:   T. Morgan Edwards II
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

NOMURA CORPORATE FUNDING

AMERICAS, LLC,

as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Carl Mayer

  Name:   Carl Mayer
  Title:   Managing Director

 

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